Mr. Monchito B Ibrahim | Commissioner
Department of Science and Technology – Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) Philippines

Currently with the Department of Science and Technology – Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICTO) as Commissioner, he also served as Commissioner of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) until June 30, 2011. He started his career in the IT industry in 1975 as a Systems Trainee at NCR Philippines. In the course of his extensive involvement in the industry, he has worked for multinational companies like Fujitsu, WeServ, Siemens-Nixdorf, Comparex Germany and Unisys Australia in various executive positions. He joined the Philippine Computer Society in 1990 and served as President in 2004-2005 and was the President of the PCS Foundation in 2005-2006. He also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Southeast Asia Regional Computer Confederation in 2004-2005. Today, he is a member of the Board of Advisers of the De La Salle University College of Computer Studies and the University of the Philippines Information Technology Training Center (UPITTC) as well as Trustee of the University of the Philippines System Information Technology Foundation (UPSITF). He also serves as member of the Technical Panel for Information Technology Education (TPITE) of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). He did his B. S. Major in Chemistry at the Far Eastern University and Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business for his post graduate studies. He completed a Public Sector Executive Program on Innovative Government at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. Mr. Ibrahim currently chairs the APEC Electronic Commerce Steering Group after having served as Chair of the Paperless Trading Subgroup of ECSG.