itprosasia.com’s CelebrateIT tech career and leadership conference for students a resounding success!

November 22, 2011, AFP Theatre, Quezon City, Philippines — itprosasia.com, together with one thousand twenty-five (1,025) students hailing from various Universities and Colleges from Manila and all around Luzon, celebrated the numerous career opportunities and success that I.T., Computer Science and other related courses can potentially provide to graduating students and upcoming tech professionals.

CelebrateIT featured some of the countries’ highly regarded and most successful I.T. practioners and leaders.  Keynoting the event was Hon. Monchito B. Ibrahim, Commissioner for ICT of the Department of Science and Technology.

Industry Insights Track highlighted global industry trends presented by itprosasia.com partners.  Mr. Dod Peralta from Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) and Ms. Sabina V. Seneviratne from the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) shared demand data and the availability of jobs for upcoming I.T. graduates.

CelebrateIT’s Career Track featured top notch tech practitioners Mr. Mike Mallete, COO/Orange and Bronze for Software Development, Mr. Darwin Tardio, COO/Co-Founder, Funguy Studio for Game Development, Mr. Earl Ferrer, VP Global IT/ICTSI on the CIO’s role today, Mr. Rainier Vergara, Head, Security, Risk and Compliance of SPi Global and Mr. Luis Jacinto, VP Risk Management, RCBC talked about I.T. Security and I.T. Governance respectively. Mr. John Ruero, President of the Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE) talked about Careers in I.T. Education and Mr. Jun Miranda, CEO and Founder of PCCI talked about careers for artists and animators through Digital Media.  Mr. Alfredo Salvador from Fasttrack Solutions discussed Mobile Development Using iOS SDK.

The RealIT Panel capped the event where Mr. Joey Gurango, CEO of Gurango Software and Ms. Nora Terrado, Country Manager of Headstrong Philippines shared their real life stories highlighting the beginnings of their professional careers leading up to their success as technopreneur and head of operations respectively.

CelebrateIT! 2011 delivered key messages in common from its roster of quality speakers.  The importance of English proficiency remains a key requirement by employers.  While the demand or number of jobs available today definitely outweighs supply, new graduates must realize that competition is tough.  Employers do not only consider technical or academic excellence but seek to find passion, drive and the willingness to learn in would-be employees.  There are no shortcuts to success.  Everything is about applying time-tested virtues such as hardwork, integrity, discipline and humility.

Judging by the full house crowd, the quality of participating speakers, the wealth of content they shared and the amount of enthusiasm and questions posed by the students at the event, CelebrateIT! was a huge success!

itprosasia.com thanks all its partners who made CelebrateIT! a resounding success.  CelebrateIT! is another landmark, quality event conceived and brought to you by itprosasia.com.  Here’s looking forward to celebrating IT with you in 2012!