Officers & Consultants
JUAN “BABS” M. REYES, JR. is the Chairman of Optimus Innovations Inc. and President of Optimus Managers & Advisors, Inc. He has a successful track record of developing new businesses. He worked abroad in one of the largest chain of retail stores, where he underwent intensive training in store management and sales. He opted to go back to the Philippines to contribute his expertise in business development and marketing in local ventures. He earned his Economics degree from the Lyceum of the Philippines and Diplomate in Agribusiness from the University of the Philippines. He studied MBA at the De La Salle University. He has earned over 25 years experience in enterprise development, project management and marketing. He is also President of Eco-life Foundation, a non-government organization dedicated to developing an ecology friendly environment through reforestation, organic farming and other projects.
REGINA GALANG REYES is the President of Optimus Innovations, Inc. She is the creator and Founding Editor of the People at Work subsection which comes out in the Business pages of the Philippine Daily Inquirer (the Philippines’ most widely circulated newspaper) every Wednesday (until October 2005) and Sunday (until to date). She is currently a columnist of Asian Quality, a regional magazine for Southeast Asian executives. She was also Columnist of Metro Working Mom, a monthly magazine of ABS-CBN Publishing Inc., from March 2002 to June 2005. She was one of the program hosts of “My Trabaho at dzRH” which is aired for over two years in dzRH, one of the leading AM radio stations in the Philippines. She was the Corporate Human Resources Services Head of the Philippine Daily Inquirer where she served for seven years and introduced innovative HR programs. Prior to Inquirer, she was AVP for Personnel and Administration with GMA Network Inc. (the largest broadcasting network in the Philippines). Ms. Reyes earned her Masters in Business Administration degree from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business, Ateneo de Manila University in 1989 where she was in the Dean’s List. She is also a graduate of the University of the Philippine School of Labor and Industrial Relations, Workers’ Institute of Labor Laws in 1989.
CONSULTANTS
TERESA REYES TUNAY is multi-awarded writer and editor, Editor-in-Chief, Blue Collar Magazine and formerly editor-in-chief of Woman Today. She has written and edited for various newspapers and magazines for the past 34 years, among them, Woman Today, Family Today, Manila Times, Times Journal, Manila Bulletin, The Tribune, Fina Magazine, PAL’s inflight Mabuhay magazine, Philippine News Agency. She is a columnist of Philippine Daily Inquirer’s People at Work section, writing the twin columns of Reflections for the Working Soul with Bishop Precioso Cantillas. She was formerly the Head of the Media Office of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines.
JOY FALLARME NERI holds the following degrees from De La Salle University, Manila: Master of Science in Guidance and Counseling, and Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She was also the Training and Development Manager of Systematics Technology Services Inc., a subsidiary of Metrobank, one of the biggest banks in the Philippines. She was affiliated with two consulting firms, and worked as a Training Consultant for Meralco for five years, for Nestle Philippines, Inc. for four years, and for Zuellig Pharma Corporation, Phils. - Distribution Division for four years. Her working experience includes the following: Counselor and Trainer, De La Salle University (DLSU) - College of Saint Benilde; Change Management Consultant Staffer, Sycip, Gorres, Velayo (SGV) Consulting and Andersen Consulting; and Guidance Counselor, High School Department, Assumption College, Inc. She is presently based in Perth, Australia and but is available to conduct training programs in the Philippines.
EDWIN C. EBREO has over 14 years experience in human resource management and training. His last position was as HR Director of Athena E-Services, a business process outsourcing company in the Philippines. He has occupied senior HR and training positions in PET Plans Group, SPI Technologies, Inc. and Philippine Seven Corp. (7-11 Food Stores). He has conducted numerous training programs on teambuilding, leadership, basic supervision, performance management, visioning, problem solving and decision-making, trainer’s training, and labor management cooperation, among others, for his companies and other companies. He is a graduate of A.B. Mass Communications and UP SOLAIR’s Workers Institute.