Dennis Mendiola
DennisB.Mendiola(Wireless
Technology-ChikkaAsia)
DennisBeltranMendiola(born
September1,1967,New YorkCity)
isanengineer,investmentbanker
and entrepreneur who in 2000,
assembledandledtheteam that
createdChikkaTextMessenger,an
integration of web and mobile
utilities.Hefoundedthecompany,
ChikkaAsia,Inc.,asitsCEO and
defacto"ChiefImaginationOfficer."
Mendiola
saw
to
Chikka's
diversification into mobile content
and mobile commerce,before it
was
acquired
by
Smart
Communicationsin2009.
Mendiola was retained by
Smart as a consultant for its
Wireless Division and remained
activeinChikkaasdefactohead
ofitsproductdevelopmentteam.
Heretiredfrom Smartin2016,
a few monthsaftertheeventual
handover of the company he
founded to Smart’s new digital
innovations
arm
Voyager
Innovations.
In2017,Mendiolaresurfacedin
the startup community as a
mentor and resource to aspiring
techentrepreneurs,aswellasthe
moving spirit for his own
VOXPTech
a
specialized
communications
platforms
developerforhumanitarian rescue
andreliefmobilizations