Jonathan Gerard A. Gurango, 65, Filipino, served as an independent director of the Corporation from August 11, 2014 to 2022. He assumed the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer effective June 6, 2022. Mr. Gurango has a solid track record in forming and running successful software companies. He founded Match Data Systems (MDS) in Seattle, USA in 1987, MDS Philippines in 1991, and MDS Australia in 1996. In 1999, he sold MDS to Great Plains Software, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2001. Mr. Gurango served as the Asia Pacific Regional Director for Microsoft Business Solutions, before he left in 2003 to form Gurango Software. In 2007, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame for Microsoft’s Most Valuable Professionals, in recognition of his mastery of software technology and business. In 2006, the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship acknowledged him as one of the country’s Ten Most Inspiring Technopreneurs. After leading Gurango Software into the most successful Microsoft Dynamics partner in the Philippines, he co-founded several software start-ups and was the President of the Philippine Software Industry Association until 2014. He is presently the Chairman of the Capiz ICT Council, and a director of SERVIO Technologies, Kation Technologies, OfficeGuru, TendoPay, and the Mijares-Gurango Craniofacial Foundation. Mr. Gurango studied Industrial Engineering at the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City. He also studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.