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Peter Valdes

PeterValdes–(software

development-VintaSystems)

HewassimplyPeter,anative

sonofAngelesPampanga(anda

Holy AngelUniversity high school

and UP Diliman alumnus) with a

fondness forBeatles albums and

Japanesefood.

After graduating from the

University of the Philippines

Diliman cum laude with a BS

Industrial Engineering degree in

1975,ValdestaughtbrieflyatUP,

thenworkedatPetronCorporation

asanoperationsanalystandalso

taughtoperationsresearch atDe

LaSalleUniversity.

After finishing his masters

degreesinoperationsresearchand

computer science from Syracuse

University (Valdes also completed

thePhD coursework,butnotthe

doctoraldissertationatSyracuse),

heendedupworkingforAT&Tand

theneventuallyIBM.

Hewillrememberedasoneof

thosewhomadeitbigintheworld

oftechnology.TivoloSystemswas

acquiredbyIBM bythenCEO Lou

Gerstnerin 1996 fora reported

743 million dollars.He isone of

the

most

successful

technopreneurstocomefrom the

Philippines.

HediedlastSeptember2008

from the Philippine Daily Inquirer

andthe Austin (Texas) Business Journalism

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