Experience

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  Armed forces of the philippines

  Mar 1981 - Aug 2012

  Military officer
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  Philippine marine corps

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Deputy commandant
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  United nations

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  Assistant secretary general
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  United nations peacekeeping

  Mar 2010 - Aug 2012

  Head of mission and force commander

  Commanded a military peacekeeping force (United Nations Disengagement Observer Force) under the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which was composed of 6 contingents of military peacekeepers contributed by Austria, India, Croatia, Canada, Japan and the Philippines and 78 military observers from numerous countries of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization based in Jerusalem. Supervised and managed civilian personnel coming from 29 different nations. Duties and responsibilities ranged from military operations to administration, management, and international diplomacy. These included frequent interactions and negotiations with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of both Syria and Israel, ambassadors of the UN Security Council Permanent 5 (US, USSR, UK, China and France), troop contributing countries of the UN and high-level civil and military officials of the United Nations, Israel, Syria, and other neighboring countries in the Middle East. Show less

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  Department of national defense - philippines

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2016

  Undersecretary for defense operations

  Advised and assisted the Secretary of National Defense in formulating and implementing Department objectives and policies on matters pertaining to defense operations. Major duties included exercising functional supervision over the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the AFP Reserve Force, Citizen Armed Force, civilian volunteer organizations, and civil military operations. Exercised functional supervision over matters concerning UN Peacekeeping Operations and Philippine Expeditionary Forces, Internal Security Operations and Counter Terrorism. Show less

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  Apec - asia-pacific economic cooperation

  Mar 2014 - Nov 2015

  Deputy director general for security
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  National grid corporation of the philippines

  Jun 2018 - now

  Assistant vice president and head of security

  As Assistant Vice President and Head of Security, I am in charge of overseeing the security of the Philippine national power grid and transmission lines. I report directly to the president of the company and provide advice on matters pertaining to the security of these critical infrastructure assets.

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  Philippine national shooting association

  Jan 2023 - now

  Chairman