ASEC MARY JEAN PACHECO
Highly motivated, and a dedicated Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) with significant contribution and experience in public sector management, specifically, planning, monitoring & evaluation, performance management, and public policy formulation, OUR GUEST is DTI Assistant Secretary Jean Pacheco.

Asec Jean has been with the DTI family for 21 years.
In 2012, as Planning Director she was instrumental in the adoption of the Performance Governance System (PGS) which resulted in the DTI being named by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), in 2015, as one of eleven “Islands of Good Governance”, in recognition of efforts to implement sustainable and transformative reforms in public service.

As a CESO, ASEC Pacheco is a Gawad CES (2017) nominee and a 2015 CES VIP (Very Innovative Person 2015) awardee, for introducing innovation and institutionalizing good governance initiatives in the DTI.

Her current portfolio as DTI Assistant Secretary include ecommerce, logistics and supply chain, business name registration and she is also the Department Legislative Liaison Office (DLLO).

Angelica Nepomuceno is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of 1Export. Angel is an alumna of University of the Philippines. She has worked in advertising and e-commerce as an Art Director most of her career, handled international clients (mostly in APAC) such as Netflix, Spotify, Zilingo, etc. With her expertise in marketing, design and branding, she’s been responsible for 1Export and Caravan’s marketing initiatives to expand their reach on both our supplier partners and immigrant buyers all over the world.

A self-made technopreneur, academician and an ICT professional, he has been contributing more than 20 years of highly specialized experience in Telecommunications and IT industries covering such domains as Network Operations, Sales & Marketing, Human Resources and Product Management. He is currently heading Product & Innovation Division of Eastern Communications

Daniel Remo is the COO and co-founder of 1Export, The Philippines' fastest growing export startup. Prior to joining 1Export, Daniel was involved in the world of politics and government. He was also previously affiliated with a management consulting firm based abroad.

Atty. Maria Concepcion Simundac is a Partner of Villaraza & Angangco. She specializes in the areas of Corporate/M&A, Power & Energy, Construction & Real Estate Transactions, Infrastructure, Financial Services, and Regulatory Compliance. Atty. Simundac holds positions of independent director and corporate secretary in various multi-national, domestic and non-profit corporations across industries.



With her proven capability, Atty. Simundac was named as one of The Philippines Top 100 Lawyers by Asia Business Law Journal in 2018 and 2019. Asian Legal Business also recognized Atty. Simundac as one of “The Next Generation of Asia’s Lawyers: 40 Under 40”. She was also recently recognized by The In-House Community as a Commended External Counsel for 2020.