Epson PH Country Manager Heads Region, Two Other Sea Countries

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Starting June 2015, in addition to being Epson Philippines Corporation’s (EPC) President/Country Manager, Toshimitsu Tanaka will hold concurrent positions as Managing Director of Epson’s Regional office (Epson Singapore Pte. Ltd.), President Director of Epson Thailand, and Director of Epson Indonesia. The current Managing Director of Epson Singapore, Koichi Endo, will retire due to expiry of term.

As reason for the movement, Seiko Epson Corporation (SEC) shared its aim to establish a management structure that will enable it to fulfill its goals as it enters the final year of both its SE15 Corporate Vision and the second half of its SE15 Mid-Range Business Plan, and that the movement will help it expedite management decisions based on maximizing corporate value and ensuring good corporate governance.

Mr. Tanaka joined SEC’s System Devices Sales and Marketing Department in April 1981, after graduating in Waseda University with a degree in Bachelor in Economics.  

From 1997 to 2003, Mr. Tanaka was relocated to Epson’s South and Southeast Asia regional headquarters in Singapore to lead regional sales initiatives as the Sales Director for System Devices. Within that period, Mr. Tanaka achieved several milestones, which included securing a high value Ministry of Education tender project in Malaysia in 2002 which entailed 20,000 units of projectors for classrooms. 

PBA D-League Foundation Cup Team Standings

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We are already more than halfway of the month of May and the excitement continues for every PBA D-Leagues Foundation Cup game as our favorite teams tried their very best to outdo each other.

Cebuana Lhuillier leads with 7 wins and only 1 loss followed by Café France with 7 wins and 2 losses, while Cagayan tied with Hapee follows third with 5 wins and 3 losses.

At last place is Liver Marin with only 1 win and 7 losses.

Below are last Monday's scores where Café France won versus Jumbo Plastics in the first game while Hapee won against Cebuana Lhuillier.

Scores:

First Game
CAFE FRANCE 83—Poligrates 16, Ahanmisi 14, Galanza 13, De Leon 13, Sedurifa 7, Ebondo 6, Batino 5, Jeruta 3, Andrada 3,  Cortez 3, Miranda 0, Abundo 0.
JUMBO PLASTIC 72—Paniamogan 21, Khobuntin 14, Sanga Paul 12, Tiongson 7, Eguillos 4, Perez 4, Villamor 4, Mandani 4, Arellano 2, Purdy 0, Almario 0, Avillanoza 0.
Quarters: 19-11, 41-27, 60-39, 83-72

Second Game
HAPEE 71—Amer 18, Rosario 15, Parks 12, Dela Cruz 8, Adeogun 6, Thompson 5, Elorde 2, Long 0, Villahermosa 0, Romero 0, Koga 0.
CEBUANA LHUILLIER 70—Mangahas 17, Tautuaa 15, Cabrera 9, Vosotros 9, Corpuz 7, Torres 5, Enciso 4, Zamar 4, Bautista 0, Sarangay 0, Van Opstal 0.
Quarters: 18-14, 42-30, 55-52, 71-70

The Pinoy Tekkie Traveler

 

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The behavior of today’s tech-based travel aficionado is really amusing but totally amazing. Gadgets would often be seen as part of the journey. Now we don’t just see cameras, but smaller devices like smartphones, tablets or phablets (even high-end tech toys like GoPros and specialized accessories like monopods (the selfie sticks), where an individual can be carrying more than one.

What makes technology more radically awesome is that it is also now more convenient for us to upload our photos and videos instantly due to fast and affordable data or Internet connections. We don't need to wait until we get home to share the photos, we can do it while on the road.

Before travelling, the most popular move would be checking out travel sites and blogs to gather information about highly attractive and reasonable destinations based on our interest and capacity to pay. 

Aside from checking online using the home or office desktop computer, the traveler would have also downloaded mobile apps specific to what will be useful for the upcoming vacation to check for flight, hotel and restaurant deals. For vacation vetting, they will read hotel and restaurant reviews, as well as activity and attraction reviews, to learn more about possible destinations to help in the initial planning stages of where to stay, dine and visit.

Many would look for reviews of other travelers because they find it more sincerely helpful and honest than getting information directly from the official websites of the business establishments. They also get social before the trip by “Liking” Facebook pages specific to the destinations already on their list, and they will most probably post a status update about their upcoming vacation to share their excite with their friends, relatives or colleagues.