Movements

Jonathan “Jack” Madrid, country manager of Yahoo Philippines, is resigning from his post to join Multiply.com as its Philippine country manager, an industry insider revealed in a status update.

Although Malacanang has yet to formally announce it, an industry source told Newsbytes Philippines that Pres. Noynoy Aquino has approved the appointment of two new deputy commissioners for the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) while retaining Gamaliel Cordoba as chief.

The Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) announced that it has elected its new set of board of directors for 2011.

Anastacio “Boy” Martirez, the fiery head honcho of Liberty Telecom, the San Miguel Corporation-owned operator of the Wi-Tribe brand in the country, has resigned from his post, the company disclosed on Wednesday.

Ester B. Ogena, the long-time director of the Science Education Institute (SEI) of the Department of Science and Technology, has been named the new president of the Philippine Normal University (PNU), the country’s Center of Excellence in Teacher Education.

Veteran IT executive and former Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) commissioner Damian Domingo “Dondi” Mapa has announced that he is taking a new post as the national technology officer (NTO) of Microsoft Philippines.

Vicky Agorrilla, country general manager of Lenovo Philippines, has been given an additional responsibility as the new regional manager of global account business for Asean.

Without fanfare or any press announcement, business software maker Oracle has tapped a company vice president to serve as concurrent chief for its Philippine operations.

Emerson Network Power has named former Dell Philippines country manager Barry Bunyi as its director for “solutions partner business” in Asia.

Lenovo Philippines recently announced the appointment of Onyl Malabanan and Anna Maria Abola as business channels manager for distribution and business marketing communications-public relations manager respectively.