Role: Mentor, Project Manager, Events Coordinator
Project Management, Mentorship
2024

Company Overview: Ateneo AIPO (Ateneo Intellectual Property Office) is the fledgling arm of the prestigious Ateneo de Manila University with the mission to promote nation-building by fostering ideation, commecialization and IP protection of innovative works in the Philippines. The office partnered with Dynamico Space; a coworking and startup incubator hub in San Francisco, in launching their first "TechXperience" pilot program.

Responsibilities: Directly managed and led students in exploring, ideating and building product prototypes, workshop participation and pitch deck presentations. Connected specialized talent to students in fostering career-coaching and mentorship. Collaborated with project managers, key executives and angel investors to arrange and conduct on-site office tours (Google, Meta), live startup pitch nights and private cultural exhibits.

Secondaries: Event photography, social media marketing manager, graphic designer (marketing collateral).

The program includes onsite engagement with experienced mentors (Amazon, Disney, NASA, Lockheed Martin, etc.), exploration of Silicon Valley, campus tours, invitations to live startup pitch nights, networking events, cultural exhibits and entrepreneurial workshops.