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My Resume

Experience

2021 - 2023

Congress Coordinator

EULAR - European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology / Zurich, Switzerland

Mainly responsible for Abstract Programme at the annual EULAR Congress, I managed and consolidated submitted abstracts and coordinated their evaluation with Abstract Chairs and Reviewers. I set-up the M-anage system for abstract submission, created and coordinated sessions, and liaised with authors and submitters. Additionally, I performed various tasks to ensure the success of the yearly Congress.

2018 - 2021

Business Development & Acquisition Manager

Claviger Middle East, Dubai & Switzerland

Responsible for prospecting and acquiring new hotels to represent in the Middle East, managing all sales activities aimed at acquiring and developing new accounts. Coordinated with the CEO on business development and revenue stream activities, collected and analyzed data for presentations to stakeholders. Attended international travel trade exhibitions, road shows, and workshops as needed.

2012 - 2018

Global Sales Manager

Starwood International, Dubai, UAE

Successfully drove key sales activities for Starwood programs in UAE and Greece, including client appointments, promotions, familiarization trips, and hotel sales trips to increase market penetration and revenue. Managed team's sales production, data analysis, and presentations to management and customers. Innovated methods for maintaining the team's account database and sales activity log within the Starwood catering sales system. Effectively coordinated business relationships between clients and hotels, including problem resolution, while maintaining strong relationships with customers to influence their decisions.

2014 - 2016

Regional Sales Controller

Nestle Manila, Philippines

Ensured transparency in regional trade spend, expenses, assets, and funds with monitoring tools. Trained and coached Sales Managers on selling and trading techniques. Conducted trade checks and audits to verify account claims. Implemented measures to improve accounts receivable and market returns.

Education

2024 - current

Web Developing Bootcamp

SheCodes - https://www.shecodes.io/

SheCodes is an online platform that offers coding workshops specifically designed for women. Their mission is to bridge the gender gap in the tech industry by teaching coding skills to women and empowering them to pursue careers in technology. They offer various workshops, including free introductory classes, and cover topics such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and more.

2022 - 2023

Professional Certificate Program in Data Analytics

Simplilearn - University of Purdue

In Simplilearn’s Professional Certificate Program in Data Analytics, in partnership with Purdue University and collaboration with IBM, the learner mastered statistics and data analytics. The learner gained hands-on exposure to analyzing data using Python and R programming languages, interacting with databases using SQL, and visualizing data using Tableau and Power BI. This program also introduced the learner to integrated Blended Learning and provided the opportunity to implement the skills learned by solving a real-world, industry-aligned data analytics problem as part of the Capstone project.

2009 - 2011

Master in Business Management

University of Philippines, Los Baños

The Master of Management major in Business Management (MM-BM) degree program was instituted to respond to the rapid growth of industrial and non-agri-based enterprises in the Philippines and the Asia-Pacific region. The program is aimed at developing success-oriented and socially-responsible managers and entrepreneurs who shall establish and manage non-agri-based enterprises into economically-viable entities.

1999 - 2003

Bachelors in Agricultural Economics

University of Philippines, Los Baños

Major in Marketing and Price Analysis. The field of Agricultural Marketing and Prices provides the students with the theories and tools in analyzing problems pertaining to the movement of agricultural commodities from the point of production to the point of consumption. It involves the analysis of prices, logistics, value addition, and costs in every segment of agricultural and food supply chains.