My work sits at the intersection of technology and business leadership: strategy and transformation, Data & AI, venture building, and robotics research.

I am the Chief Technology Officer of Aboitiz Equity Ventures (PSE: AEV), a publicly listed conglomerate spanning power, banking, food, real estate, infrastructure, and technology, where I lead its technology and data organisation across digital transformation, Data & AI strategy, enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, and IT shared services. Concurrently, I am the Chief Technology & Operating Officer of Aboitiz Data Innovation, the group’s Data Science & AI Centre of Excellence, delivering managed data platforms, enterprise GenAI, and Data Science & AI solutions to internal and public-sector customers. I advise boards and executive teams on technology, data, AI, and cyber governance as a Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE).

Before industry, I was a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Robotics Institute, University of Oxford, where I established and led the loco-manipulation research on legged and wheeled platforms — learning- and optimisation-based methods for optimal planning and control of high degree of freedom systems — and where I continued as an Adjunct Researcher in Robotics and Machine Learning. I completed a PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at the University of Edinburgh, as a core member of the humanoids group on the Edinburgh-NASA Valkyrie project, following an MSc by Research (Distinction) and a BEng (Honours, 1st Class, ranked first) in Mechanical Engineering with Management. My research has led to 40+ peer-reviewed publications in top-tier venues and widely used open-source robotics software.

I have advised and coached senior executives in 100+ engagements across 30+ global organisations — Fortune 100 multinationals and listed majors, with depth in industrials & energy, financial services, and life sciences — on disruptive innovation and exponential technologies, and have been a key contributor to the Exponential Organizations methodology. I am a graduate of Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Programme, co-founded a robotics start-up, and mentor at entrepreneurship events.

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