DICT OFFICIALS MONCHITO B. IBRAHIM UNDERSECRETARY FOR OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT RODOLFO A. SALALIMA SEGRETARY ecretary Rodolfo Salalima is currently the Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). He is a man with extensive experience in IT both ndersecretary in the Philippines and on the international 2017. front. His over 40 years of legal experience in the field of broadcast and telecommunications industry led him munications and Broadcast Attorneys of the Philippines Inc., the Philippine Electronics, and Telecommunications FedWorking Group that worked on the Amendment of the ITU Constitution and Convention at Geneva, Switzerland. Department of ICT in 2016 where he committed to leave a lasting legacy of enabling a one digitized governand empowering the Filipinos through He served as a member from to 2005, 2004 appointed as Undersecretary started in 1975 has seen for Operation him working and Management for multinational last March companies like Committee of Advisers Information of the De Technology of the Southeast Asia Regional La Salle University College Development Center Computer of Computer (UPITDC). Confederation Studies, Currently, and the he is a Trustee and President of the University of the Philippines System Information Technology Foundation (UPSITF) and serving his 9th term Commission ICT. was of the Executive the Board University of the Philippines Secretary Salalima was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the first Secretary for the newly established ment Ibrahim IT career which Fujitsu, WeServ, Siemens-Nixdorf, Comparex Germany, and Unisys Australia in various executive positions. to hold various executive positions in the telecommunications sector, both local and international, such as Telecomerations in 1992 to 1996. He also served as Vice Chairman of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Mon His extensive as member on Higher Education of the Technical Panel for Information Technology Education (TPITE) of the (CHED). He finished his B. S. Major in Chemistry at the Far Eastern University and attended Ateneo de Manila University Graduate School of Business for his post graduate studies. He also completed a Public Sector Executive Program on Innovative Government at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore. ELISEO M. RIO, JR. UNDERSECRETARY FOR SPECIAL CONCERNS undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio, Jr. was appointed as Undersecretary for Special Concerns of the DICT last September 13, 2016. He is an Electronic and Communications Engineer who left an indelible mark in the DENIS F. VILLORENTE UNDERSECRETARY FOR INNOVATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT rior to his stint as Undersecretary for the DICT, Usec. Villorente served as field as the fourth placer in the first Philippine ECE Licensure in 1971 and the “Most Outstanding Deputy Executive Director for e-government at the Information and Professional in the Field of Electronics and Communication for the Year 2002.” Communications Technology Office (ICTO) where he conceptualized the Integrated Government Philippines (iGov) Project, a comprehensive program that aims to connect government agencies through He served the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) where he held various positions and retired as a shared infrastructure and ICT services. He was also Director of the Advanced Science and Technology Brigadier General. He was also a former Commissioner at the National Telecommunications Commission Institute, an agency under the Department of Science and Technology, where he was instrumental in the (NTC) where one of his significant accomplishments was surfacing the way to the proliferation of Call establishment of the Philippine Open Centers than and BPOs by enacting Public Telecommunications NTC MC 08-07-2002 Entities to Install and or the Rules and Operate Regulations Authorizing Public Calling Stations/Offices Internet Exchange (PHOpenIx). Entities Other Undersecretary Villorente is a graduate of the University of the Philippines' College of Engineering. and Telecenters in 2002. 48 49