Our People
QCSP Officers
QCSP's officers lead the organization day-to-day, coordinating program development, innovation, operations, partnerships, community affairs, student affairs, and marketing.
Bobby Corpus
President
Bernardino Buenaobra
Vice-President
Stefany Mae Caparida
Executive Director
Jeffrey Aborot
Director, Innovation
Jabez Ayson
Director, Operations & Community
Menchie Belarmino
Director, Creative Marketing
Noelyn de Jesus
Director, Marketing & Relations
Dylan Josh Lopez
Director, Partnerships and Collaboration
Edison Macabebe
Director, Special Projects
Andrew Justin Oconer
Director, Community Affairs
Elmer Peramo
Director, Program Development
Lance Raquel
Director, Student Affairs
Board of Directors
QCSP is led by a Board of Directors whose backgrounds span engineering, research, industry, and public service, guiding the Society's mission to build the Philippine quantum ecosystem.
Bobby Corpus
President, QCSP · Board Member, DOST-PCIEERD Quantum Technology Board
Bobby Corpus is a Board Member of the DOST-PCIEERD Quantum Technology Board, Vice Chair of the BPS Technical Committee on Information Technology, and a member of the OECD Global Forum on Technology expert focus group on quantum technologies.
Bernardino Buenaobra
Vice President, QCSP
Bernardino Buenaobra is a Filipino physicist and researcher with over 25 years of combined experience in academia and industry, contributing significantly to optics, microscopy, lasers, image processing, and control systems.
Kevin Icaro
Analog/Mixed-Signal Design Verification Engineer, Analog Devices
Kevin Icaro is an Analog/Mixed-Signal design verification engineer at Analog Devices, where he works on precision data converters and helps ensure the accuracy and reliability of complex analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.
Dylan Josh Domingo Lopez
Director for Partnerships & Collaborations, QCSP
Dylan Josh Domingo Lopez is a computer engineer, AI researcher, and quantum computing educator currently completing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Chung Yuan Christian University in Taiwan.
Edison Macabebe
CTO, Post-Quantum Full-Stack Agentic AI Systems
Edison Macabebe is a CTO specializing in post-quantum, full-stack agentic AI systems, including RAG and MCP architectures, with a background spanning AI systems design, DevOps and platform engineering, and technical architecture.
Asher Manangan
DevOps & Platform Engineer
Asher Manangan is a DevOps engineer and platform engineer focusing on cloud-native and Kubernetes-native architectures, automation, and high-performance/AI computing environments across the US, Pacific, and EU regions.
Andrew Justin Oconer
Data & AI Engineer, Accenture
Andrew Justin Oconer is a Data & AI Engineer and AI/ML Computational Science Associate Manager at Accenture, working at the intersection of software engineering, machine learning, and quantum computing.
Lemuel John F. Sese
Condensed-Matter & Quantum Physicist
Lemuel John F. Sese is a Philippine condensed-matter and quantum physicist, whose research explores the behavior of low-temperature two-dimensional electron systems and the mechanisms underlying qubit entanglement.
Senior Advisers
QCSP is guided by a group of senior advisers whose experience spans industry, technology, and public service, helping shape the Society's direction as it builds the Philippine quantum ecosystem.
Henry Adorna, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Computer Science, UP Diliman
Dr. Henry N. Adorna is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of the Philippines Diliman, and Head of the Logic and Computability Laboratory.
Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue
Senior Legal Adviser, QCSP
Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue is QCSP's Senior Legal Adviser and the Convenor of the Philippine ICT Network, Inc., where she champions the country's readiness for technological transformations.
Monchito "Mon" Ibrahim
Lead Convenor, ATIN
Monchito "Mon" Ibrahim is Lead Convenor of the Alliance of Tech Innovators for the Nation (ATIN), with more than 45 years of experience in technology and development leadership.
Nardo Manaloto
Managing Partner, Qubits Ventures Fund
Nardo Manaloto is Managing Partner at Qubits Ventures Fund & Global Venture Studio, investing in quantum technologies and future-of-computing architectures.
Robert Ramos, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, Saint Joseph's University
Dr. Roberto Ramos is a Professor of Physics and Principal Investigator of the Quantum Materials Physics Laboratory at Saint Joseph's University.
Brian Siegelwax
Quantum Algorithm Designer
Brian Siegelwax is a quantum algorithm designer, independent quantum developer, author, publisher, and podcaster known for The Quantum Dragon.
Dan Zarraga, Ph.D.
Head of Drug Product Development, Genomic Medicines
Dan Zarraga, Ph.D. is Head of Drug Product Development for Genomic Medicines and Senior Director of BioDP Development, with over 20 years in the pharmaceutical industry.