Born in the Philippines and better known by his nickname,
Nonong, he had been developing software packages for commercial and research institutions for over 27 years. He has decades of experience working in the field of fisheries and ecological science, essentially translating scientific concepts to scientific software tools that can be used to validate the concept and publication. Notable of these is the publication of the
FAO-ICLARM Fish Stock Assessment Tools (FISAT). His work took him to various countries as an IT specialist/consultant in fisheries science. He has lead teams to develop national information systems and in the continental USA, he has taken lead roles in the development of the Data Navigator for South Florida and similar decision support/GIS facilities for other areas in the country. His repertoire includes, among others, the development and publication of an education 3D game software (ReefRanger).
As the Senior Software Systems Architect of the University of Miami, he was engaged:
To design, develop and deploy of the data portal for the region by the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System (GCOOS) Regional Association.
To develop and deploy the data/communication portals to support the multi-organizational project, “Marine and Estuarine Goal Setting for South Florida (MARES)”,
PI for the development of the Decision Support Toolbox for the management of Pulley Ridge's mesophotic reef (Project starts October 2011),
System Architect for the development of the Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (CPIM) for Drug Abuse and Sexual Risk Behavior,
To assist in the design and development of the semantic web application for the deployment of bioassay ontology, and
To design, develop and maintain project and institutional websites/portals (NCORE, CIMAS)
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