Born on November 16, 1979 in Manila. Fluent in English and Filipino. Proficient in programming languages like C and Java. Knowledgeable in Windows and Linux environment.

EDUCATION:

• PhD in Informatica, 2008 - Present Università di Pisa, Italia
  Research Area: Knowledge Discovery in Databases
  
• Master of Science in Computer Science, 2000 - 2005 University of the Philippines, Diliman
  Specialization: Information Systems and Software Engineering
  Thesis: “Similarity Detection among Java Class Files”
  Adviser: Dr. Susan Pancho-Festin
  Funded by Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development (OVCRD)
  
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, 1996 - 2000 University of the Philippines, Diliman
  Thesis: Eng2Bik (Computerized English to Bikol Sentence Translator)
  College Scholar - 1st semester (1996-1997)
  College Scholar - 1st semester (1997-1998)
  

RESEARCH INTEREST:

• Data Mining
• Software Engineering
• Security
• Java Applications
• Information Systems
• Information Retrieval