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ACTS Official Roster of Speakers

Ardy Roberto

CEO, Salt & Light Ventures, Top 10 Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 - Entrepreneur Magazine, Most Inspiring Entrepreneur, Microsoft Awards-06. Author-S4 Success Secrets of Sales Superstars.

Topics: The Entrepreneurship Adventure, Marketing By The Book, Sales Success

Bo Sanchez

Author of "8 Secrets of the Truly Rich" and 8 other books. He is also a publisher and has a TV show and radio program.

Topics: Self-Leadership, Leading Volunteers, Excellence, Financial Freedom

Chot Reyes

National Coach, Philippine Basketball Team, Champion Coach, Director & Founder-Coachcom.com Inc.

Topics: Creating a Dream Team, Teamwork, Coaching for Success

Dr. Josette Biyo

First Filipino Winner, Intel International Science Teaching Competition; First Filipino to have a planet named after her.

Topics: Persistence Pays, Being a World-class Filipino, Education Out of the Box, Science Life Lessons

Dylan Wilk

Britain's youngest and wealthiest entrepreneur, who gave it all up to join Gawad Kalinga.

Topics: Servant Leadership, The Filipino Bayanihan Value through the Eyes of a Brit

Frances Yu

Corporate Marketing and Management Consultant; former AVP, Shopwise

Topics: Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Illac Diaz

First Filipino Winner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology US$100K Business Plan Competition; TOYM Awardee; Youngest Asian Institute of Management Honors & Prestige Awardee

Topics: Personal Excellence

Jos Ortega

CEO of JWT Manila and Chairman of BrandLab

Topics: Brand Marketing, Creating a Compelling Brand Story, Brand Anthropology

Paolo Benigno *Bam* Aquino IV

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, National Youth Commission; Host, Yspeak and Breakfast, Studio 23

Topics: Youth Leadership, Micro Entrepreneurship, Why Not?

Rex Resurreccion

Best-selling Author of Called to Excel

Topics: Inspiring the Workforce to Excel, The World-Class Worker, Why Bother to Excel?

Roselle Ambubuyog

First visually-impaired summa cum laude of the Ateneo de Manila University; Consultant - US-based Freedom Scientific, Inc.

Topics: Seeing Beyond Your Disabilities, The Colors of Opportunity, My Journey

Willy Arcilla

President of Business Mentors; 25 years of experience in Marketing, Sales, and General Management. Worked for San Miguel Corp as VP Marketing; Marketing Director – Coca-Cola (China); Brand & Media Manager, Procter & Gamble (Phils).

Topics: Marketing Leadership, The Art of the Brand Launch

LOOK WHO'S TALKING

The Asian Center for Trainers and Speakers (ACTS) proudly introduces its latest additions to its roster of speakers.

Agnes "Aggie" Sarthou, Ph.D.

Keynote topics and workshops: Change Management, Work-Life Balance, Creative Thinking, Ethics and Values. Dr Sarthou brings with her a wealth of corporate and training experience on management, visioning, strategic planning communication, people handling, creative thinking, supervisory skills and values (work life balance).

Dr. Sarthou's passion is to help individuals and organization maximize their potential both at the personal and professional levels through skills training. For over twenty years of training and consultancy experience, Dr. Sarthou continues to receive encores in her training programs that she runs for Salt & Light Ventures, including Change Management and Work-Life Balance. She is also a Buzan Licensed Instructor (BLI) certified by Tony Buzan's Singapore Centre to facilitate MindMapping and Creative Thinking workshops.

Alex Castillo

Former CEO, Del Monte. Agora Awardee. PMAP Employer of the Year. Keynote Topics: Strategic Planning, The Art of People Management, Holistic Leadership, Integrity in the workplace. An experienced corporate executive, Alex Castillo has compiled a consistent record of accomplishments spanning over 30 years with major multinational consumer packaged goods companies.

Alex's career in marketing and management includes stints with P&G, Pepsi and Del Monte (his brainchild--The Kitchenomics Club--still exists today). He has served as a director of the Philippine Association of National Advertisers. In 1988, Alex copped the Agora Award for Outstanding Achievement in Marketing Management. Under his leadership, Del Monte won the Award for Excellence in Marketing Management at the 1991 Management Awards held annually by the World Executive's Digest, Asian Institute of Management and Japan Air Lines.

Alex is a certified Maxwell Leadership trainer. He has attended many top management programs, notably the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford's Graduate School of Business in California and INSEAD's Avira Program in Pebble Beach.

Eric Villarama

Creative Director, Communications Coach, Entrepreneur, Buzan Licensed Instructor, Inspirational speaker. Topics: Communicating with Humor and Effectiveness, DISC, Thinking out of the Box, Innovation, Inspiring the Youth. Eric is an exclusive certified Buzan Licensed Instructors (BLI) in the Philippines who trained at the Buzan Centre Asia in Singapore. He is also a DISC certified trainer and facilitator who elicits rave reviews from both the youth and top management.

He has served as a the Senior Art Director of Formul8, Creative Director of Trybe in Singapore and Managing Director of Classibuy Manila. His key areas of expertise include branding consultation, design & visual solutions, master of ceremonies & hosting, DISC training, and team management.

His fun, fresh, and unconventional methodology of learning, coupled with his entertaining acts have inspired and motivated audiences in his trainings and workshops. Eric's passion is to be able to equip the Creative industry in the Philippines with the proper Buzan power tools, so that they can effectively unleash their creative genius, not just at work, but as a lifestyle.

Topics: Enhancing Creativity and Innovation through Mind Mapping, Employee communication (DISC), Team Management, Motivational, Inspirational

Angeli Beltran‐Lambsdorff

Managing Director Dentsu‐INDIO, partnership between Dentsu (Japan) and INDIO (Philippines).

Lead and ensure profitable growth for the company by providing consulting, creative and media services in the areas of Loyalty Marketing and CRM. Dentsu‐INDIO conceptualizes, plans and implements “noline/360” campaigns (ATL, BTL, interactive, database). Clients include Canon, Honda, Sharp, Western Union, Merck Pharmaceuticals, UNICEF, SM, San Miguel Corporation, Johnson and Johnson.

Ernest Custodio

Managing Director for the MRM Worldwide business group in thePhilippines. Ernest has 8 years of solid cRM discipline experience and is one of the country’s experts in the field of Customer Data Analysis and Customer Knowledge. Before joining MRM, Ernest worked for a year as a consultant for cRM, database, and analytics. Prior to that, he worked with INDIO Consulting, one of the most reputable local cRM consulting firms as Director for Customer Knowledge Services. He started off his love affair with Customer Relationship Management in OgilvyOne as Data Services and Analysis Consultant. Ernest’s career track has allowed him to build credentials in cRM, direct marketing, data mining, and analysis in industries including food, FMCG, telecommunications, pharma and healthcare, trade, and auto. Many of his strategies and recommendations have exceeded clients' expectations of return on their investment, acquisition, and retention.

Does your organization need someone to encourage and push your team to greater heights? Does your team have to deal with challenges to leadership, culture change and organizational change? How about attitudes, values, habits and character building?

ACTS, or the Asian Center for Trainers and Speaker, is a division under Salt and Light Ventures Inc. – with the goal to provide you with the inspirational speakers to meet your organization's need. Whether it is a sales conference, a planning session, a lunch and learn session, a morale boost….we are here to help you make your event more purposeful and life-changing.

Know more about our speakers and their keynote topics. Call 813.2703 or 813.2732 and look for Nicole.