About me
Dr. Richard Parcia, awarded the 2021 CIO of the Year by IDC, is the CIO and Head of Business Tech and Data at Golden ABC Inc., the owner of leading fashion brands led by Penshoppe in the Philippines.
He has held leadership positions in information technology and data science at Concepcion Industrial Corporation – manufacturing of the Carrier brand of air conditioners; Intel which was then the largest semiconductor company in the world; UnitedHealth Group which was the largest healthcare company in the world, and LafargeHolcim which was the dominant cement manufacturing company in the world. Richard has been listed among the top 50 CIOs and Technology Leaders of ASEAN and Hongkong (2020-2023) by IDG. An alumnus of Said Business School, University of Oxford, he holds a PhD in Development Studies from the University of Santo Tomas. In his free time, he's a professional musician and former associate professor at University of Asia & the Pacific and University of Santo Tomas.
Role in the session: Weave AI and related technologies’ implication into how they positively impact business at all levels of society.