Now
What I’m working on.
Projects
A few things I’ve built.
Dispatches
Writing, talks, and weekends.
Timeline
The longer trail.
2026
competition / Winner
eSalba
eGovPH Hackathon 2026
Won at the eGovPH 2026 Hackathon with an offline-first emergency triage system for LGUs.
work / Jul 2026 – Present
Software Engineer Intern
Swarm
Compliance tooling that maps overlapping privacy and security frameworks into one graph.
competition / 2nd Runner-Up
Yardshtick
OpenAI Build Week Manila
3rd place at OpenAI Build Week Manila: one photo of a pile of stuff becomes a shareable garage sale.
work / May 2026 – Sep 2026
Product Engineer
Bytespace
Core Bot0 platform work: 8 product improvements in under a month, plus 5 reliability upgrades in one week.
startup + competition / Finalist
Crystal
StartupQC Squad 3
StartupQC Squad 3 finalist exploring shared team memory and faster context recovery.
competition / Top 5 Finalist
SALBAR
First Naga Mayoral Hackathon
Top 5 of 200+ teams; offline-first emergency guidance selected for LGU incubation.
work / 2026
Head of Product & Engineering
Sip & Scale
Product systems for 1,000+ builders, 50+ events, and 20+ cities.
2025
work / Sep 2025 – Present
Software Engineer Intern
NextPay (YC W21)
YC-backed fintech dashboard work that cut manual SME processing by 75%.
competition / 1st Runner-Up
Hakot
Ship or Be Shipped Hackathon
1st runner-up out of 80+ participants with an AI-assisted logistics marketplace.
leadership / Jul 2025 – Apr 2026
AVP for IT Skills & Development
Ateneo MISA
20+ student devs trained; event check-ins made 75% faster.
startup / May 2025 – Dec 2025
Founder
One Big Match
10-person team, 4 live event pilots, and 80+ student users.
leadership / Oct 28, 2025
How to build a QPI Calculator?
MISA Python Workshop
MISA Python Workshop
2024
education / Aug 2024 – May 2028
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Ateneo de Manila University
BS Computer Science, building alongside the degree.
About / contact
Building tools for students, startups, and communities.
Email is best if you’re building something, planning an event, or just want to compare ideas.