Fiel Now

I'm Fiel, an early career researcher & technologist in my senior year of undergrad 😼

I'm usually at UP, where I am a Research Associate to university leadership, including the VP for Digital Transformation. I previously served the USC as Councilor, represented the institution for competitive debate, exchanges, and research, and championed hackathons and quiz bowls. I co-founded the AI safety and Effective Altruism communities in Diliman.

Beyond, I'm at a GovTech startup and a software development company where we make bureaucracies and partner charities more effective. Under executive mentorship, I learn not only how to develop technical products, but how to run enterprises that deliver it. I also served as a private sector counterpart to rural startup ecosystem initiatives with NGAs and VCs.

Prior to industry, I co-founded and convened a policy advisory that guided the Indonesian and Philippine republics on the governance of emerging tech after some years sitting on City Youth Development Councils.

All these trace back to years of nonprofit and conservation work since high school. Born in Bacolod, I was raised in Silay and Dumaguete where I studied the literary, performing, and visual arts. Cebu is where I am now.