In an industry obsessed with scale, Crystal Lee Gonzalez builds for connection. The co-founder of nōna, the AI-driven home platform recently launched in the Philippines, has always believed that technology should feel personal. “Real estate and home are deeply emotional,” she says. “It’s not just about property, it’s about belonging.” Before nōna, Gonzalez already had an impressive track record shaping how Filipinos live and connect online. At Viber, she helped turn a messaging app into the country’s number one chat platform by grounding it in local culture. “Growth isn’t just about downloads,” she recalls. “It’s about creating emotional connection and…
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Prep Palacios has spent the last 30 years inside the world’s biggest tech rooms (Oracle, Ernst & Young, Siemens, Microsoft, and now Google) but she still talks about the industry with the curiosity of someone who never stopped being a student of change. Before joining Google eight years ago, Palacios built much of her career helping small and medium businesses scale through partner-led strategies. That foundation, she says, shaped her understanding of what great client servicing should look like: a relationship built not on transactions but on genuinely solving problems. Today, with AI and data driving modern decision-making, that principle…
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When we first spoke with Ida Evina Ong-Co earlier this year, she was still in her first 90 days as HP Philippines’ Managing Director, getting to know the culture, the people, and how every part of the organization worked together. Months later, that same people-first approach continues to define her leadership style, now paired with a sharper focus on transformation. “Leadership has to evolve just as fast as technology does,” Ong-Co tells us. With nearly two decades of experience in IT, she’s seen firsthand that innovation moves fastest when people feel supported through change. “What really accelerates transformation isn’t just…
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