Nelson Celis
Nelson graduated with a degree in BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering degree at Don Bosco Technical College. He finished his Master/Doctor of Business Administration at the De La Salle University (DLSU). He has been a professional lecturer of the DLSU’s Graduate School of Business and Graduate School of Computer Studies since 1990.
An Electronics & Communications Engineer with 38 solid-year experience in IT and Business Management, he was awarded by the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines as the Most Outstanding Electronics Engineer in 2012. His expertise includes Risk Management (i.e., compliance with Data Privacy Act of 2102 and European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR), Corporate/IT Governance, Strategic Management (i.e., Business and Information Systems), Information Security Management System, Business Process Management, Systems Audit, Project Management, Business Continuity Management, and Event Management.
He spent his early ten years in the data center operations and information systems planning of a utility company, ten years in the banking sector as Chief Information Officer. He later became the director of an international auditing firm doing information risk advisory services, Chief Operating Officer of a group of companies, General Manager of an IT company, Executive Vice-President of a State University and a founding director of his own company in 2010. He is also a regular Opinion Columnist of The Manila Times’ Let’s Face IT since 2014.
As service to the nation, he was responsible for making our Country Y2K bug-free when he was the Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Y2K Compliance and President of the Philippine Computer Society in 1999. As the founding president of Information Systems Security Society of the Philippines, he initiated information security awareness program that changed the landscape of most businesses in managing information assets. In his different professional capacities, he actively took part in the Cyber Security Working Group, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, Information Technology and e-Commerce Council, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and National IT Council.
A Center for People Empowerment in Governance Fellow, he is designated as Spokesperson of Automated Election System (AES) Watch, a coalition of almost fifty organizations, that has been advocating for transparent, clean, honest, and secure elections since 2010.
An Electronics & Communications Engineer with 38 solid-year experience in IT and Business Management, he was awarded by the Institute of Electronics and Communications Engineers of the Philippines as the Most Outstanding Electronics Engineer in 2012. His expertise includes Risk Management (i.e., compliance with Data Privacy Act of 2102 and European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR), Corporate/IT Governance, Strategic Management (i.e., Business and Information Systems), Information Security Management System, Business Process Management, Systems Audit, Project Management, Business Continuity Management, and Event Management.
He spent his early ten years in the data center operations and information systems planning of a utility company, ten years in the banking sector as Chief Information Officer. He later became the director of an international auditing firm doing information risk advisory services, Chief Operating Officer of a group of companies, General Manager of an IT company, Executive Vice-President of a State University and a founding director of his own company in 2010. He is also a regular Opinion Columnist of The Manila Times’ Let’s Face IT since 2014.
As service to the nation, he was responsible for making our Country Y2K bug-free when he was the Commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Y2K Compliance and President of the Philippine Computer Society in 1999. As the founding president of Information Systems Security Society of the Philippines, he initiated information security awareness program that changed the landscape of most businesses in managing information assets. In his different professional capacities, he actively took part in the Cyber Security Working Group, Commission on Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, Information Technology and e-Commerce Council, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and National IT Council.
A Center for People Empowerment in Governance Fellow, he is designated as Spokesperson of Automated Election System (AES) Watch, a coalition of almost fifty organizations, that has been advocating for transparent, clean, honest, and secure elections since 2010.
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canvassing, amending Republic Act (RA) 8436 (i.e., the Automated Election System or AES law of 1997), as amended (2007), and for other purposes." Such bills were Senate Bills (SB) 7 and 1950, House Bills (HB) 00125, 01784, 02265, 04643, 00483 and 03896. In some of these bills, hybrid election system (HES) is defined as "a system using a combination of manual casting of votes, manual counting of votes and electronic transmission of precinct level election results to the [automated] consolidation and canvassing boards, stations or servers." Question is: Will the 19th Congress adopt any or combination of these bills for signing into hybrid election law?
Automated Election System (AES) has already passed on February 9, it's time to do a
transparency review. The AES Law, or Republic Act 8436, as amended by RA 9369, provides
that the AES shall be test-certified "not later than three months before the date of the
electoral exercises (May 9), categorically stating that the AES, including its hardware and
software components, is operating properly, securely, and accurately."
canvassing, amending Republic Act (RA) 8436 (i.e., the Automated Election System or AES law of 1997), as amended (2007), and for other purposes." Such bills were Senate Bills (SB) 7 and 1950, House Bills (HB) 00125, 01784, 02265, 04643, 00483 and 03896. In some of these bills, hybrid election system (HES) is defined as "a system using a combination of manual casting of votes, manual counting of votes and electronic transmission of precinct level election results to the [automated] consolidation and canvassing boards, stations or servers." Question is: Will the 19th Congress adopt any or combination of these bills for signing into hybrid election law?
Automated Election System (AES) has already passed on February 9, it's time to do a
transparency review. The AES Law, or Republic Act 8436, as amended by RA 9369, provides
that the AES shall be test-certified "not later than three months before the date of the
electoral exercises (May 9), categorically stating that the AES, including its hardware and
software components, is operating properly, securely, and accurately."