In today’s event at Google Philippines, developers sat down with media partners and students to share the stories behind their success. Three developers talked about their humble beginnings, where their passion for technology started, and the challenges they encountered along the way.
Julia Camille Menchavez – Web Developer for ChannelFix.com
Ralph Vincent Regalado – Community Manager for CDG Philippines, CEO and Founder of Senti
Albert Padin – Co-founder and CTO of Symph
The developer lounge also highlighted the recent success of ZipMatch, the first Philippine startup to participate in the Launchpad Accelerator program hosted by Google in California.
The team from ZipMatch. the first Philippine startup to participate in the Google Launchpad Program
The Launchpad Accelerator program provides startups with the technical and business know-how in order to make it big in the industry. They are also awarded with $50,000 in equity-free investment, credits for Google products, strategic public relations support, and the opportunity to work closely with Google for six months in their homeland.
The Program also exposes the participants to workshops on Google tools and platforms along with intensive 1 on 1 mentoring sessions with engineers, product managers, and other industry experts.
Google also invited a number of startups to showcase their apps and share their own stories to the participants: By Implication (sakay.ph), Most Played Games (Flippy Bottle Extreme), Honesty Worldwide (Summit DIY Platform), and Puasoft (Midifun Karaoke).
Emman has been writing technical and feature articles since 2010. Prior to this, he became one of the instructors at Asia Pacific College in 2008, and eventually landed a job as Business Analyst and Technical Writer at Integrated Open Source Solutions for almost 3 years.
