Colin Christie is a international executive, serial entrepreneur, global connector, educator, and digital leader.
He is the co-founder of the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP) and serves as the president of its Board of Trustees, where he helps guide the organization in its mission to "develop the ecosystem that makes the Philippines a data-driven country, globally competitive in analytics, and a leading source of analytics talent, for the good of society."
He is the Director of Digital Transformation at Enderun Colleges, and also serves as the Executive Director of Global Chamber® Manila, a collaborating community of CEO's, executives, and professionals growing business in 525 metropolitan areas across the globe.
Previously, Colin was founder & CEO of MxSecure, Inc., an early pioneer in the Philippines BPO industry, and was as a founding Trustee of the Health Information Management Association of the Philippines (HIMAP).
Colin earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California Berkeley
Jessica is the National Treasurer of Philippine Association of Agriculturists, Inc.and an assistant professor of Biology and Genetics at the University of the Philippines teaching undergraduate and graduate students.
Some of her accomplishments are (1) developed PCR based marker assisted selection for rice breeding and produced pyramided line IRBB60 with 4 bacterial blight disease resistance genes; (2) developed best practices to minimize genetic drift during germplasm conservation; (3) managed the HarvestPlus project and breeding team wherein the full potential of the team was realized through better management and communication strategies between and among partners from different countries, among many others. She also have 12 scientific articles published in refereed journals (H-Index 12, Google citations index 2013).
Mr. Jeffrey R. Sosa has been in the business of professional property, facilities and building management industry for over thirty years. At present, he is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board of SosaJB Property Management Corp., specializing in real estate management, project/construction management, engineering and technical services, real estate operations, facilities management, parking management and other services involving all classifications of properties. SosaJB Property Management Corp. currently has over Fifty Billion Pesos under management across 16 key locations in the islands of Luzon and Visayas in the Philippines. Recently, his company launched its new service product, Home Kings, which brings the professional maintenance services of SosaJB Property Management Corp. to the Filipino homes and condominium units.
Mr. Sosa has extensive experiences locally and internationally in property management as an Executive Assistant and Planning Officer in 1989-91, Deputy General Manager in 1991-93 and the highest ranking Filipino Officer at the time as Director & Chief Operating Officer in 1994-98 of the former First Pacific Davies Property Management, Inc., and Director of First Pacific Davies Philippines Inc. both multinational companies of the First Pacific Group of Companies based in Hong Kong.
Mr. Sosa is the current President of both the Philippine Association for Building Administration, Inc. (PABA) and the Condominium Management Association of the Philippines, Inc. (CMAP), present Director, past President and past Chairman of the Board of the Makati Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Past Governor of the Metro Manila Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Board of Trustee of both the Makati Fire Safety Foundation, Inc. and the Makati Environment Foundation, Inc for the City of Makati, official representative to the Building Owners & Managers Association, Int’l (BOMA) based in Washington, D.C., USA and past President of the Rotary Club of Makati Magallanes, District 3830.
He is also currently connected with a private company being a former Treasurer and presently the Chairmain of the Board of Progressive Bank, a trusted Rural Bank in CALABARZON for 22 years with Head Office in Malvar and branches in Lipa City, both in the provinces of Batangas, and in Sta. Rosa City and Calamba City in the Province of Laguna.
Mr. Sosa is one of the Professors of the Post Diploma Program in Building & Property Management at the De La Salle University-Center for Professional Development in Business; Post Baccalaureate Program in Property and Building Management at the University of Makati, a Resource Speaker for Opportunities in the Real Estate Business Course conducted at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati City and Lecturer in Real Estate Management specializing in Property Management for the CREBA held at College of St. Benilde-DLS.
Co-Founder and CEO of EventBank, a cloud-based engagement management software company.
Founder of China Entrepreneurs, a network of more than 20,000 business professionals.
As CEO of EventBank, Eric Schmidt is focused on delivering cloud solutions that transform the way professional communities enable and enrich relationships. Over the last 15 years, Eric has founded and incubated several companies from the ground up. He maintains substantial experience with venture capital and private equity investments.
Eric is an elected member of AmCham China's Board of Governors (2017) and is recognized as an authority on digital technologies and business in Asia. He has been featured in media such as The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Baron’s, BBC, CCTV, China Daily, and numerous other outlets.
Eric once traced Marco Polo’s route from Beijing, China to Venice, Italy by bicycle – he was appreciatively sponsored by Nike and Phillips.