I'm a tech founder based in Manila, Philippines. I love building platforms with an infrastructure play, YC alum, gamer, pragmatic engineer.
I served as the CTO and co-founded PayMongo, the first Philippine financial technology company admitted to Y Combinator, and secured investment from Founders Fund, Stripe, Inc., Mr Peter Thiel, Global Founders Capital, and Soma Capital, attaining a valuation of approximately $50 million. PayMongo built a modern payment platform enabling businesses to accept online payments through developer-friendly APIs and tools that could be integrated in under an hour. Prior to my departure in 2023, the company raised a $ 31 million in Series-B funding.
In 2023, I co-founded PayRex, a payments infrastructure company building a modern, end-to-end platform for businesses in the Philippines. PayRex enables businesses to accept payments and streamline financial operations through developer-friendly APIs and tools that can be integrated in under an hour.
Hands-on software engineering leader with over a decade of experience building distributed systems, cloud platforms, and high-volume payment infrastructure serving millions of users. Experienced as a technology founder, CTO, engineering manager, and technical leader, with a track record of scaling engineering organizations, designing reliable production systems, and building high-performing engineering cultures.
I'm interested in startups that solve foundational problems, the kind that sit beneath entire industries. Building infrastructure means creating platforms that other businesses rely on to operate, scale, and innovate. I enjoy the challenge of designing systems that must be reliable, extensible, and trusted, knowing that if done right, they quietly power thousands of downstream use cases.
A multidisciplinary technologist with years of experience across the software lifecycle. I've worked across product, design, engineering, infrastructure, and quality assurance, allowing me to build and ship end-to-end systems.
I enjoy playing Dota 2 and building cities in Cities Skylines 2.