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