Hi, I’m Mike.

I’m from the Philippines and have been based in Hong Kong for a decade. I love building things and coaching teams, and I’m motivated by a desire to always learn more: about new people, different cultures, or the latest developments in technology.

My story begins in Manila, where I spent over a decade building websites and applications and collaborating with brilliant creative minds in media and advertising. I also spent a couple of years teaching part-time at my alma mater, further developing my communication and presentation skills and sparking my interest in continuous learning.

I moved to Hong Kong in 2016 to take up a leadership role, building multicultural cross-functional teams and managing digital transformation projects. As time passed, I progressively took on greater responsibilities and larger roles, working with established global brands across a wide variety of industries and expanding my domain knowledge to include martech, data analytics, and AI.

My work has delivered great value for the organizations and clients that I’ve worked with. But more importantly, it has helped me – and the people I’ve had the pleasure of serving with – grow even further as individuals and as professionals.

Now, at a crossroads in my career, I’m contemplating what I want to do and where I want to go next. But if there’s one thing for sure, it’s that the learning never stops.

“Which technology platforms or solutions are best suited to address our challenges?”

“How do we make the most of our data to drive our decision-making?”

“How do we leverage new technologies like generative AI to deliver the greatest value, while minimizing its risks and negative impact?”

These questions and more are the kinds of challenges that I’ve spent my career working on, and as they continue to evolve, the work – and the learning – continues.