Geemine (ASSIGNMENT 1) CIV162

HAPIS, ANGELIKA C.
MARCH 5, 2020
F1TECHNO/CIV162/TTH 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
10 FILIPINO ENGINEERS WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE TECHNOPRENEURS
1. MARX MELENCIO (Grayscale Business Consultancy and Marketing Services)
He is the founder and managing director of Grayscale Business Consultancy and Marketing
Services. Marx Melencio graduated as a Bachelor of
Science Mathematics at the University of the
Philippines (UP) and serves as an example to all,
especially to those who are with disabilities. He started
as a salesman at 14 years old. At 23, while out with his
wife, buying food at Cubao, Quezon City, he was
senselessly gunned down by a deranged stranger.
According to him, the first bullet pierced his chest and
the second hit his left temple, causing him 100%
blindness, permanently. After having been rejected
many times from job opportunities, mostly due to his
blindness, he decided to seek opportunities in the
Internet. Here, he realized the potential of search engine
optimization and soft sell content marketing. He
worked at Intelligraph, a trimedia service provider, as a
writer for a couple of months, where he planned to start
a business in the same industry but with a different
business model. He founded Grayscale and started only
with time, a couple of computers, the Internet, their home as a workplace, and four people, including
his wife. Grayscale started as a Web marketing company with it’s first project, a client’s carrier
product, being recognized as the world’s best-selling Windows optimizer (2007). Now, Grayscale is
certified Microsoft Partner and a global ICT consulting company in the Philippines.
2. GIAN SCOTTIE JAVELONA (OrangeApps)
Created fame or himself at the age

of 19 by launching the first mobile
application for schools in the Philippines
called OrangeApps, landing him a spot in
Forbes’s 30 Under 30 Asia’s list (2017).
OrangeApps provides access to a student’s
records and enrollment forms. Gian Scottie
Javelona studied computer engineering at
Polytechnic University of the Philippines
(PUP). Needing the money, Gian Scottie
Javelona had become business-minded by
high school and had started to do basic
programming. By college, having
experienced the hardships of being a student
at PUP, where “one computer is shared between 8 students”, he gained an idea to write a software that
could potentially make life easier for students like him. He had admittedly already been hacking
through his school’s database, not to edit his grades, but to make logging in faster. Through this
experience, his friend’s laptop, and mobile phone, he created an Android application where enrollment
is faster and can be done through phones. He developed it so that in this app, you could study, take
classes, answer quizzes, and enroll. After a meeting with their school’s president he decided to sell his
product to different schools where, despite his age, lack of financial assistance, and lack of experience,
gained investors through hard work and perseverance.
3. RJ DAVID (Sulit.com/OLX.ph)
Formerly known as Sulit.com.ph, OLX.ph was

founded by RJ David and Arianne, his girlfriend at the
time. RJ David is a Bachelor of Science with a degree in
Mechanical Engineering. He decided to leave his field to
become a web developer for Sulit.com, along with
Arianne Rose David (now his wife), as the Design and
Testing department of the company. He and Arianne
came up with the idea of an online classified ads as they
drove through Tagaytay. The idea was to see which type
of classified ads would have the biggest buyers and
sellers. They wanted the classified ads to have a site of its
own. Their website, Sulit.com.ph boomed and was soon
part of a network called OLX. They then decided that
Sulit.com.ph would become OLX’s Philippine base
company and changed the name to OLX.ph, also known
as Carousell Philippines. The couple is now setting up a
new start-up called Innovation Love.
4. PATRICK BARTOLOME “PATCH” DULAY (The Spark Project)
He is the founder and CEO of The Spark Project, a

platform that helps Filipino society advance through innovation
and modernization. The Spark Project assists Filipinos in making
their aspirations and projects a reality. It becomes the center of a
growing number of Filipino startups. It is about introducing
crowd-fundable projects to people. Patch Dulay graduated with a
degree in BS Management Information System and eventually
got into IT consulting. During the year 2009, Patch stumbled
into Kickstarter only a week into its launching and, curious
about the idea of “crowd-funding” decided to monitor its
growth. Becoming tired of his IT consultancy, he decided to
complete a master’s degree in Global E-business in France,
planning to pursue his interest in the web. He had gained
experience as an employee in a Paris-based startup company that
provided services for the UK market. By 2011, he returned to the Philippines and took advantage of the
growing startup communities at the time. He nurtured the idea of crowdfunding and made it into the
company now known as The Spark Project.
5. RACHEL DE VILLA (Cropital)
She graduated with a degree in Computer

Science from the University of the Philippines –
Diliman in 2013. Rachel de Villa was also included in
Forbes’s list of 30 Under 30 Asia in the Finance and
VC category due to Cropital. Before she became one of
the youngest, most successful Filipino technopreneurs,
she had zero experience in actually building a startup.
She cared so much about a problem that she decided to
approach people who could give her the right
knowledge and skills about farmers and their needs. As
a student, she had held leadership positions among
various organizations, honing her skills in public
speaking, publicity, and project management. She had
won hackathons such as the Pinksphere Full Stack Web
Developer Challenge and WebGeek Developer’s Cup.
With these skills, along with 2 other multi-awarded
engineers, she became one of Cropital’s founders. She
is the Chie Technology Officer of a platform that uses online crowdfunding in order to help our
farmers.
6. RAYMOND GERARD S. RACAZA (Xurpas)
He is the founder and CEO of Xurpas

Incorporated. He graduated AS A Bachelor of Science
with a degree in Computer Science, majoring in
Information Technology from De La Salle University.
He and the celebrity stylist, Liz Uy, has a son named
Xavi. Raymond Racaza was your everyday employee
back then. The best thing happened to him was when he
made the tough decision to quit his job and helped his
friends establish a start-up company called Xurpas, a
technology company that provides mobile enterprise
solutions to corporate clients. Long before he even saw
the potential of mobile phones, Raymond Racaza had
already developed a celebrity-themed game called
Xeleb, featuring Anne Curtis, Erwan Heusaff, Isabelle
Daza, and Kim Atienza who are also shareholders of the
game.
7. LEO LOPE LOFRANCO (Muber)
An alumnus of Ateneo de Manila University,

having finished a degree of BS Life Sciences. At 2013,
Leo decided to meet up with his former classmate,
Francis. The two founded a company called Muber, an
online market that shows potential buyers of items that
are of rare conditions, to possible travelers who may be
able to deliver the said item. It started out as a social
networking site dominated by Lope and Francis’s own
circle of friends. Over time, the site grew and has now a
reliable database and several “trusted travelers” who
deliver the rare items. The site benefits both buyer and
traveler wherein, the buyer also pays the traveler a fee
which then contributes to the traveler’s next hotel
expenses. This naturally attracted people willing to act as
couriers and people who need the items making the site
as well known as it is now.
8. JOEY GURANGO (Gurango Software)
He is the founder of both the Gurango Software

and the WEBWORKS OS. Having graduated with a
degree in BS Electrical Engineering at the University of
Washington, Joey Gurango’s first real business was a
pizza delivery. By 2003, he decided to start his own
company, the Gurango Software where he founded the
Match Data Systems in the U.S.. He then sold MDS to
Great Plains Software, that the Microsoft Corporation
eventually acquired. The Gurango Software is one of
Microsoft’s biggest contributors, with oey receiving the
Most Valuable Professional Award for 2005 by
Microsoft. He was the Technical Support Engineer
(Apple III, Lisa, Macintosh) during 1983-1984, the
Software Development Engineer of Excel at 1985-1987.
He also founded the Coder’s Guild and Cognitv
Technologies. Presently, he is an Independent Director at
Xurpas Inc., Coach and founder to the SERVIO Small Business, and a Business Technology Coach at
his own website.
9. WINSTON DAMARILLO
He finished a degree in BS Industrial Engineering

from De La Salle University in 1990. Winston was forced to be
business-minded at an early age. Having lost everything, he
began to sell bulldozer parts at the age of 19. After graduating,
he left for the U.S. where he dreamed to work for either
Microsoft, IBM, or Intel. He thrived at Intel where he ranked
as one of the highest performing venture capital professionals.
He went on to be the CEO and Founder of Gluecode Software
metween 2001 and 2005, then the CEO and Co-Founder of
LogicBaze between 2006 and 2007.he also worked at PLDT as
the Chief Strategy Officer. Presently, he is the Founder and
Chairman of Exist Engineering, Co-Founder of Sphron.asia,
Founder and Chairman of Amihan Global Strategies (AGSX),
and Chief Executive Officer to Talino Venture Labs.
10. PAUL RIVERA (Kalibrr)
He already had his dream job working at Google in the

U.S. when a friend decided to offer him to start a BPO
company in the Philippines. The only reason he agreed was that
he wanted solely to be an entrepreneur and he was no able to do
that in Silicon Valley. He figured that since he kept failing
trying in the U.S., it isn’t such a risk to try in his homeland. So
at 24 years old, he ventured back to Manila where he became
the Co-Founder and President of Open Access BPO. Kalibrr’s
goal was to help other people find jobs that suit their skills and
capabilities as well as to help employers find the kind of
employee that they need.
REFERENCES:
 https://www.businessmirror.com.ph/2018/08/14/the-entrepreneur-who-continues-to-thrive-in-his-own-
dark-world/
 https://www.thehumanasia.com/en/gian-javelona-the-whiz-kid-with-big-ideas-for-schools-orangeapps-
philippines/
 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/619465/ormer-pup-
student-lands-on-forbes-30-under-30-list/story/%3amp
 https://www.forbes.com/profile/gian-scottie-javelona/#19a241f37f8f
 https://ph.linkedin.com/in/rjdavid/
 https://ph.linkedin.com/in/ariannedavid
 https://ph.linkedin.com/in/leolopelofranco
 https://www.pinoytechblog.com/archives/qa-with -the-founder-of-sulit-a-philippine-buy-and-sell-
portal/
 https://www.techshake.asia/articles/145-founder-spotlight-patrick-bartolome-i-dulay-of-the-spark-
project/
 https://www.techshake.asia/articles/110-founder-spotlight-rachel-de-villa-of-cropital/
 https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/celebritylife/family/9603/a-peek-at-the-family-life-of-liz-
uy-and-tech-ceo-raymond-racaza/photo/
 https://xurpasgroup.com/
 https://ph.linkedin.com/in/joeygurango
 https://www.google.com/amp/s/filipinoachievers.wordpress.com/2010/07/01/joey-gurango-filipino-
software-engineer/amp/
 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Damarillo/
 https://ph.linkedin.com/in/wdamarillo
 https://rubelincera.com/18-world-class-filipino-technopreneurs-startup-owners-inspire/
 https://www.techshake.asia/articles/112-kalibrr-paul-rivera-left-his-dream-job-at-google-to-go-back-to-
his-home-country/

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HAPIS, ANGELIKA C.

10 FILIPINO ENGINEERS WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE TECHNOPRENEURS

1. MARX MELENCIO (Grayscale Business Consultancy and Marketing Services)

2. GIAN SCOTTIE JAVELONA (OrangeApps)

Created fame or himself at the age

Formerly known as Sulit.com.ph, OLX.ph was

4. PATRICK BARTOLOME “PATCH” DULAY (The Spark Project)

He is the founder and CEO of The Spark Project, a

5. RACHEL DE VILLA (Cropital)

She graduated with a degree in Computer

6. RAYMOND GERARD S. RACAZA (Xurpas)

He is the founder and CEO of Xurpas

7. LEO LOPE LOFRANCO (Muber)

An alumnus of Ateneo de Manila University,

8. JOEY GURANGO (Gurango Software)

He is the founder of both the Gurango Software

He finished a degree in BS Industrial Engineering

10. PAUL RIVERA (Kalibrr)

He already had his dream job working at Google in the

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