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Sparky Perreras

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Spark acquired his IT and entrepreneurial skills from the best university in the world, University of Experience. A seasoned IT Executive, Spark worked with one of the top banks in the Philippines where he managed the first dual interface EMV card project in the country including MasterCard, Visa & AMEX EMV integration. With almost two decades of financial IT experience in Consumer Finance Banking: Debit Cards, Prepaid Cards, E-commerce, Mobile Payments and other Consumer Loans, Spark is now focusing on helping bring technology and convenience to more Filipinos across the globe.

Pio Ryan Lumongsod

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer & Chief Operating Officer

Pio is an entrepreneur, IT startup enthusiast and Software Architect with more than 10 years of experience in Software Engineering with focus on scrum, test driven development, and scalability of high traffic websites. He joined and won in Startup Weekend Chile, the Startup Manila, and in the first Asia Bitcoin Hackathon. Pio along with his mentors of world-class engineers from Friendster Inc and Pivotal Labs, turned Friendster into a global platform serving more than a billion users. Pio intends to do the same for Pearl Pay across the globe.

Adrian Ng, M.D.

Co-Founder & Chief Financial Officer

Dr. Adrian started as a co-founder of Cookemeup app - a company that stood out from the 60,000 applicants as an alpha startup for the 2016 Rise conference in Hong Kong. He has been in the blockchain industry since 2014 and has investments in different ICOs such as QSP, Ink protocol, Instarr. He is now focusing on helping the Philippines take advantage of the blockchain technology through Pearl Pay.

Atty. Jay Masangcay

Co-Founder & Chief Legal Officer

As a former Senior Associate at SGV & Co. (Ernst & Young Philippines) and now a lawyer at Feria Law Offices, Atty. Jay offers extensive experience in taxation, corporate structuring, acquisitions and cross-border transactions. He also practices in the fields of labor laws, land registration, civil and criminal litigation, intellectual property and telecommunications. Throughout the years, he has been involved setting-up, structuring and corporate housekeeping of various technology-related companies including those involved in payment solutions, software development, technical support and other IT-related services.

Jerwin Operio

Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer

Jerwin is widely known for his extensive network of business where he also acted as a business mentor to his colleagues. He has led Sales Teams across the country for many years. To this day, he has been handling businesses in different industries such as Agriculture, Retail and Wholesale, Banking, Software and Sales and Marketing. Aside from managing a local agricultural trading company, he is now working on bringing Pearl Pay to his fellow Filipinos.

John Kerr

Co-Founder & Chairman

Mr. John Kerr has held various positions throughout his career including Chairman, CEO, President, COO, and CFO. He took the lead of DHL Express in Asia Pacific for 14 years, lived in nine different countries and headed operations spanning 80 nations. Currently, he works with startup companies and organizations addressing social issues. He also sits as the Board Director and Trustee/EVP of Tuloy Foundation Inc.

Napoleon Catilo

Co-Founder & Chief Information Security Officer

Nap has more than three decades of experience designing and delivering enterprise-level software solutions. He provided various solutions for companies like PWC Consulting, HP, Yahoo!, Shell, UBS Warburg, Ford, Nestle, Microsoft Corp USA, The Guardian News & Media, Royal Bank of Scotland and NATO among others. As a seasoned software architect, full-stack developer and team leader, he has been doing business in Europe and the Philippines. Now, he is offering his expertise to support the Pearl Pay team bring its technology to the country.

Iannis Hanen

Co-Founder & Chief Architect

Iannis is the former CEO of Friendster and now CEO of iScale Solutions and a Co-Founder and CTO of RightCloud Pte. Ltd. His business experience allows him to bring in a technical and management skills in any technically capable organization. He is now working with the Pearl Pay team to grow the platform and deliver the right solutions.

Ben Fairbank

ICO & Blockchain Advisor

Mr. Ben Fairbank is an experienced executive who has worked on strategic initiatives globally. He has over 20 years of global experience in Telecommunications, Customer Experience and Contact Centre industry plus than 12 years experience in Senior Management. His exposure to multi-levels of business allows him to head and communicate teams from entry level to board level.