About

Systems architect who builds operating systems for complexity.

19+ years designing systems across technology, education, agriculture, and ventures. From the warehouse floor to enterprise architecture — built from the ground up, never inherited.

PhD
Post-Doc
Fortune 500 pedigree
18 ventures
10+ countries
19 years

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Identity

Six worlds. One person.

One operator, six vantage points — each a different way of turning complexity into systems that hold.

The Executive

Enterprise programs at Fortune-500 scale

Digital transformation, PMO governance, and program leadership across $100K to $5M+ engagements in 10+ countries. Built and ran certificate-management, identity-access, and shared-services teams that hit 100% delivery rates without fail-overs.

“Discipline before scale.”

The Builder

Ventures that ship, not pitches that sell

HavenWizards 88 Ventures OPC — a venture studio that builds, operates, and ships its own portfolio. 18+ ventures spanning agriculture, fintech, AI tooling, eCommerce ops, and education infrastructure. Every venture is a real operating system, not a deck.

“We don’t deliver outputs — we build systems that generate revenue.”

The Educator

Graduate-level practitioner courses

PCU Graduate School faculty — designing and teaching programs in Project Management, AI for Operations, Digital Transformation, eCommerce, and Workflow Automation. Curriculum built from execution, not theory.

“Theories don’t feed families. Execution does.”

The Advocate

Operating systems for the underserved

Bayanihan Harvest — the operating system for modern agriculture. Multi-tenant platform for cooperatives, enterprises, and agri-communities at scale. Designed so a stockman, an extension worker, and an enterprise buyer all use the same core data with the same dignity.

“Architecture is an act of advocacy.”

The Human

Built from the ground up, never inherited

Started as a stockman in 2002. No shortcuts, no inherited advantage. Hardships, heartaches, rejections, and failures built the foundation that everything else stands on. Trust and authenticity above performance.

“Knowledge without execution is intellectual vanity.”

The Consultant

Advisory at organizational inflection points

Enterprise advisory engagements at structural turning points: digital transformation, eCommerce operations, AI strategy, organizational governance, and program rescue. Independent operator, not a billable factory.

“Bring me in when the system has to survive contact with reality.”

Journey

From stockman to systems architect.

Twenty-three years of compounding — every rung built from the ground up, none inherited.

2002

Stockman

Started at the bottom, learning systems from the ground up

2016

BSBA Graduate

Philippine Women’s University — business fundamentals

2019

PMO Director

US sporting goods manufacturer — global program management

2020

MBA Completed

Philippine Christian University — strategic management

2022

PhD + HW88 Founded

PhD in Development Administration. Founded HavenWizards 88 Ventures OPC.

2023

Post-Doctorate + CSM

Strategic Management & Leadership. Certified Scrum Master.

2025

Ecosystem Architect

60+ modules, 8 business lines, multi-venture holding company

Education

Six degrees. One discipline.

Two decades of formal study, stacked deliberately — from computer engineering to a post-doctorate in strategic leadership.

Terminal

Post-Doctorate

Strategic Management & Leadership

PCU · 2023

Terminal

PhD

Development Administration — Project Management

PCU · 2022

Graduate

MBA

Business Administration & Management

PCU · 2020

GraduateIn progress

MBA

Business Administration — academics complete, strategic-management thesis pending

PLM · 2019

Undergraduate

BSBA

Business Science & Administration

PWU · 2016

Undergraduate

Associate

Computer Engineering Technology

PTI · 2001

Recommendations

What colleagues say.

8 unsolicited references from people who reported to me, worked beside me, or saw me deliver under pressure. Sourced verbatim from LinkedIn — names, titles, and dates intact.

2018

Diosh is such a cool guy with strong Project Management skills. He is one of a kind PM who really aims for excellence all the time. He always showed great leadership and mentoring at the same time. He makes sure that all of our projects are 100% successful and for that we are always a team who gets recognition for hitting 100% success of certificate implementation with no fail-overs. Diosh is such a “GEM” that always shines for us to make us more motivated to work and go for excellence.

Claudine Lusica-Tuyor

Information Technology Cyber Security Specialist

Worked on the same team · OpenText

2015

Diosh is one of the reasons why Certificate Management Team achieve its goals every time. With his time management skills, everything seems to be smooth and easy. You’ll enjoy pressure especially when he is the one handling the case since he really knows how to motivate and push his members to their limits. He is indeed a composed and skilled individual.

Riel Gomez

Project Manager | Educator

Worked on the same team · OpenText

2013

A very hard working individual. Always punctual and reliable. Our go to person in TLM. Always one step a head. Truly an asset! Good luck on your endeavours.

Alyn Alvarez

M365 Team Lead

Worked on the same team · ADP

2013

All I can say is that whoever is the employer of Diosh right now is very lucky to have him. I knew him for being punctual, systematic and always on top of what he does.

Allan Villanueva

Senior Kronos Functional Consultant — Workforce Management

Worked on the same team · ADP

2013

Diosh was always very engaged in our technical processes, eager to learn as much as possible and always willing to take on new task. He is very much a team player and brings a lot to any environment by way of skill and knowledge. His ability to adapt to change and grow is second to none, Diosh is a great addition to any team.

John Hilburn

Customer Success | TA Solutions Consultant & CSM

Managed Diosh directly · J.P. Morgan

2011

Diosdado has worked with me as an Application Support Analyst in the Shared Support Group for more than a year. He is highly respected by his co-workers for his knowledge of the application, dedication for learning, and willingness to help anyone anytime he can.

Michael Monegas

Identity Access Administrator

Worked on the same team · J.P. Morgan

2011

Diosdado is one of the trusted and respected persons within the Shared Services Group. He’s been one of the persons that assisted me with my smooth transition to my new role and is very knowledgeable in all of the applications that we support.

Nino Norman Flores, CISSP CISM

Identity & Access Management

Diosh was senior to Nino (no direct report) · J.P. Morgan

2011

Diosdado is a hard-working, goal-oriented and trustworthy employee. His work ethics is superb and he’s an asset to whatever company he’ll be working for.

Paul Raj Bernardino

Functional Consultant at Infor

Worked on different teams · J.P. Morgan

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Licenses & Certifications

Continuous practice updates.

17 active credentials across project tooling, SEO, analytics, and agile practice. Verifiable on LinkedIn — credential IDs available where applicable.

2024

6 credentials

ClickUp Expert CertificateClickUpNov 2024ClickUp Admin CertificateClickUpNov 2024Asana Workflow Specialist CertificateAsanaNov 2024Asana AI for Work Skill BadgeAsanaNov 2024Asana Foundations Skill BadgeAsanaNov 2024ClickUp Novice CertificateClickUpJun 2024

2023

1 credential

Google Analytics CertificationSkillshopJun 2023

2022

8 credentials

Marketing Tools: SEOLinkedInNov 2022SEO: Link BuildingLinkedInNov 2022Technical SEOLinkedInOct 2022Google Ads Essential TrainingLinkedInOct 2022SEO: Keyword StrategyLinkedInOct 2022SEO Strategy: Link BuildingLinkedInOct 2022Marketing Strategy: SEO Content WritingLinkedInOct 2022SEO FoundationsLinkedInOct 2022

Foundational

2 credentials

Certified Scrum MasterInternational Scrum InstituteeTime (Kronos)ADP

The Origin

before the recommendations and the résumé, there was a longer road.

before the systems, the cost

every scar has a story.
every story has a purpose.
i am proof that you can rise from anything.

The Cost

rejected, discarded, failed

i've been rejected more times than i can count. discarded by people who never saw the work. failed at things i was certain about. for a long time i thought the "no" was the verdict. it wasn't. each one moved me one step closer to the work i was actually built for.

cried a lot

there were nights of silent tears and days when carrying anything felt heavy. i'm not going to pretend i was always composed. i wasn't. i kept showing up the next morning anyway. that part is the only part that matters in the long run.

isolated to focus

when other people went out, i stayed in. when others rested, i studied. it wasn't discipline as a virtue. it was the only way i knew to close the gap between where i started and where i needed to be. i lost some friendships to it. i don't regret the trade.

experimented a lot

i tested. i tried things i had no business trying. most of them did not work. a few of them did, and the ones that did paid for the rest. growth lives outside the comfort zone — that part is true. it doesn't tell you how many failed experiments are buried under each working system.

burned a lot of money

i invested in ideas. i burned money — not on luxury, on theories. some of those theories proved out. some of them taught me what was wrong with my model. a few taught me both at once. expensive lessons compound faster than cheap ones, in my experience.

took on what scared me

i kept saying yes to projects i wasn't sure i could finish. each one was a problem too big for who i was when it landed on my desk. by the end of it, i was someone who could carry that weight. that's the only reliable way i've found to grow capacity — accept the project before you're ready.

hit rock bottom

there were stretches with nothing left. no resources. no support. just me and the next morning. rock bottom isn't a metaphor — it's a floor. once you stand on it for a while, you stop being afraid of falling. that quiet was the start of the rebuild.

felt unseen

for years i felt misunderstood, underrated, missed. i carried that quietly because explaining it would have cost more than it was worth. eventually i stopped trying to be seen and started letting the work be seen. it's a slower path, but the proof is harder to argue with.

bet on myself and lost

i bet on myself when no one else would. i lost a lot — money, time, relationships, certainty. what i kept was harder to measure: a clearer sense of what i could survive, and a clearer sense of what was worth the bet next time.

The Long Road

2002 eraTESDA Scholar
trained, learned, found the part of work that felt like mine.
early careerSupermarket Stock — Ever Grand Central
first job. learned discipline, hard work, and humility — in that order.
early careerBagger — SM Supermarket
no job is too small. every role teaches something the next one needs.
progressionSales Supervisor — JAG
started as stock, worked up. learned that leadership begins as service.
corporate yearsBPO Career — TSR 2
each company shaped a different part of how i operate at scale.
presentConsultant
took everything from the road behind me and put it to work for other people's problems.

if you're reading this in the middle of something hard, i want to be honest with you. the pain you're carrying is real, and it isn't permanent. where you are right now is not where you stay. your story is still being written, and most of the chapters that matter haven't started yet. you are stronger than the version of you that is reading this can see. keep going. keep building. one day, the road you're on will be the thing that makes you useful to someone else who is exactly where you are now. that's not a small thing. that's the whole point.

i'm not lucky. just determined.

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