Sec. Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III is one of 3 Awardees to ICT Awards for their contribution to the ICT Phils.
MANILA, Philippines- The recently concluded The International ICT Awards Philippines 2010, which aims to celebrate global excellence and promote the Philippines as the World’s BPO Destination of Choice, recognized the top achieving individuals and companies in the BPO Industry during this prestigious night of excellence.
Organized by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, this year’s ceremonies ended with the awarding of the ICT Individual Contributor of the Year, which gave recognition to individuals either from the public or private sector who had been actively involved in leading, promoting, facilitating or assisting companies in the business process outsourcing sector (BPO) in the Philippines for the year 2009.
This year, the recipient of this prestigious award emerged from the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) – Secretary Ray Anthony Roxas-Chua III. Secretary Roxas-Chua paid tribute to the CICT, which has spearheaded programs to enhance country’s ICT infrastructure, put in place a favorable investment climate and strengthened the country’s ICT talent and manpower pool.
“This award is a testament to the whole ICT industry in general and to the CICT and its employees, whose singular focus and work has spurred the industry’s rapid growth and accelerated the sector’s contribution to the Philippine economy,” Roxas-Chua said, who has championed ICT since his assumption of office in October 2007.
BPAP President and CEO Oscar Sañez acknowledged the contributions of Secretary Roxas-Chua, saying
“Secretary Roxas-Chua has led the effort for all the marketing missions the industry embarked on across six different international markets last year. He had been the most fervent champion of Philippine O&O with all the important audiences that the industry caters to, whether they are the international prospects, the major consultants in the industry, the CEOs of major companies or the local ICT Councils as part of the BPAP Next Wave Cities promotion in the Cyber Corridor program.”
Under Roxas-Chua’s leadership and watch as CICT Chairman, together with strategic partnerships with the private sector, the Philippines has emerged as one of the top BPO destinations in the world. In 2009, the National Outsourcing Association of the United Kingdom named the Philippines “Offshoring Destination of the Year” for the second time in three years. The country’s industry has successfully moved up in the BPO value chain by going into new, higher value-added domains such as business analysis, financial services, accounting, software development, architectural and engineering design, animation and game development.
By year-end 2009, the BPO industry had created around 442,000 jobs and generated annual export revenue of 7.2 billion US dollars. While the bulk still comes from voice-based customer contact solutions providers, the higher value-added BPO services have made strides and begun to make significant financial impact on the country’s BPO export earnings.
Apart from serving as the Chairman of the CICT, Secretary Roxas-Chua is also the Development Champion of the Cyber Corridor Superregion and Outsourcing Czar.
As Development Champion, Secretary Roxas-Chua has made the development of “Next Wave Cities” within the Cyber Corridor a priority of the CICT. He has succeeded in generating stronger government support for the industry, from no less than President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was under Secretary Roxas-Chua’s tenure when direct government subsidy was obtained to fund the industry’s strategic programs and projects.
Together with BPAP and the Department of Trade and Industry, these “Next Wave Cities” are alternative locations for BPO investments outside Metro Manila and Metro Cebu. These cities include Metro Laguna, Metro Cavite, Iloilo, Davao, Bacolod, Metro Pampanga, Metro Bulacan, Cagayan de Oro, Central Bulacan and Lipa.