Design 21: Social Design Network

RATIONALE: As an experienced professional CREATIVE DESIGNER & CONSULTANT, for selected Luxury Brands in the fields of my expertise ranging from Jewelry/ Accessories & Fashion to Home Objects & Design- Led Crafts; Interior Design & Decoration to Architectural Design adept with a high degree of innovation & creative steward; multi-disciplinary competencies coupled with technical adeptness, leading to a globally competitive and challenging professional career as well as business opportunities on a multinational level potentially tapping the various CREATIVE DESIGN INDUSTRY, allowable by both of my educational training and my subsequent professional experiences, ranging from relatively circumscribed acumen and protected institutional employment to high risk, high reward entrepreneurial situations such as:

DE BEERS DIAMONDS-INTERNATIONAL AWARDS, 2000 FINALIST – PARIS, FRANCE (The worlds largest and most prestigious International Jewelry Design Awards Competition) March, 1999

THE 4th INTERNATIONAL SOUTH SEA PEARL JEWELRY DESIGN COMPETITION, YEAR 2003 FINALIST FOR BROOCH CATEGORY HONG KONG March, 2003

THE 4th INTERNATIONAL SOUTH SEA PEARL JEWELRY DESIGN COMPETITION, YEAR 2003 FINALIST FOR EARRINGS CATEGORY HONG KONG March, 2003

THE 11TH SAMSHIN INTERNATIONAL DIAMOND JEWELRY DESIGN AWARDS YEAR 2006 FINALIST SEOUL, KOREA July, 2006

HRD AWARDS 2007 - LAUREATE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY DESIGN COMPETITION ANTWERP, BELGIUM November, 2006

Worked for 2 years as a Jewelry Designer for Marina B. ( Marina Bulgari )- Riyadh & Jeddah Branch. Currently based in Legazpi City, The Philippines working as an Independent Creative Jewelry Designer, Consultant & Contractor for companies in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore, Australia & US within the Luxury Industry and Creative Product Design Industry.

PROFILE UPDATED AS OF YEAR 2007, FEBRUARY