Fermin Taruc

Current

• Chief Operating Officer at Gurango Software

Past

• Board of Trustee at Business Processing Associaiton of the Philippines
• President at Philippine Software Industry Association
• President at Jupiter Systems Inc

• General Manager for Scala Business Solutions at Systems Standards Inc.

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Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• University of the Philippines

Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Fermin Taruc’s Summary

IT Executive, Industry Advocate, Resource Person

Fermin Taruc’s Experience

• Chief Operating Officer

  Gurango Software

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2005 — Present (4 years 1 month)

  Established in May 2005, Gurango Software is a global Microsoft Dynamics partner with customers in 14 countries and offices in 4 countries.
  
  Performance highlights include the following:
  • Microsoft Philippines Overall Partner of the Year
  • Microsoft SMSP Partner of the Year
  • Microsoft Dynamics Partner of the Year
  • ISV Partner of the Year
  • Microsoft Dynamics Global President’s Club Award – given to top 5% of Microsoft Dynamics partners worldwide

• Board of Trustee

  Business Processing Associaiton of the Philippines

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years)

  BPA/P is the umbrella organization of all the associations representing the Philippines' outsourcing industry. Established in 2004, BPA/P aims to lead the country into becoming a recognized global leader in the IT- Enabled Servces industry and the preferred back office location of the world.

• President

  Philippine Software Industry Association

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years)

  PSIA leads the efforts to promote the Philippines as a preferred choice for offshore software development. The key advocasies under my term are: skills development, export promotion, intellectual property protection and growth of domestic demand.
  
  Note-able highlights during this three year term are as follows:
  • Four -fold increase in membership-size
  • Formulation of FLY HIGH 2010 – the five year software industry growth roadmap
  • 40% average industry annual growth rate
  • Selling missions to the US, Europe, Japan and rest of Asia
  • Linkages and strategic alliances with other industry sub-sectors
  • Linkages with academe, private sector agencies and LGU’s in training and job creation for the Philippine IT services industry
  • Institutionalization of industry cluster groups – i.e. Japan, Europe, Open Source, Microsoft ISVs – to ensure representation of various interests within the industry

• President

  Jupiter Systems Inc

  (Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

  June 2000 — July 2005 (5 years 2 months)

  Founded in 1985, JSI provides enterprise-wide solutions to a range of manufacturing and distribution companies. JSI develops and owns the ERIC (Enterprise Resource Information and Control) System, a complete ERP suite desinged for mid-sized to large companies
  
  Among the milestones achieved with Jupiter are the following:
  
  • Established joint venture in the USA, 2001
  • Cited as a “Local Software Hero” by IDC, 2001
  • Established joint venture in China, 2002
  • Given the Golden Shell Rising Star citation for product and marketing excellence by the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, 2002
  • Given the eServices Award for Best Mobile Application, 2003
  • Established Representative Office in Vietnam, 2003
  • Established joint venture in Thailand, 2003
  • Awarded Microsoft Packaged Application of the Year, 2003
  • Given the Excellent Product Award in the Hebei IT Exhibition, Hebei, China, 2004

• General Manager for Scala Business Solutions

  Systems Standards Inc.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  December 1997 — May 2000 (2 years 6 months)

  Scala Business Solutions Philippines, Inc. (SBSI) was a wholly owned subsidiary of Systems Standard Inc. SBSI was formed to represent the SCALA integrated business application software in the Philippines. SCALA’s international head office is based in the Netherlands while its regional base was in Singapore until the mother company was acquired by EPICOR in 2003.
  
  During my SCALA stint, I positioned the Philippines as the regional training center, allowing the local team access to training resources from the European HQ as well as networking opportunities with the regional office and other SCALA partner offices.

Fermin Taruc’s Education

• University of Hawaii at Manoa

  Japan Focused MBA Program 1996 — 1997

  Activities and Societies:

  a) Was an East-West Center degree fellow, sponsored by the Asian Development Bank
  
  b) Received the Paula Young Award, a yearly recognition given to the program student who personifies outstanding leadership and entrepreneurial qualities.
  
  c) Invited to Beta Gamma Sigma ,an international honor society recognizing outstanding academic achievements of business management

• University of the Philippines

  Business Economics , Economis , 1980 — 1984

  Activities and Societies:

  UP Economics Towards Consciousness

Additional Information

Fermin Taruc’s Groups:

Philippine Business Delegation to Washington DC, Philippine Software Industry Association, BPAP

Fermin Taruc’s Honors:

Philippine eChampion Award 2008, for ourstanding contributions to the growth and promotion of the Philippine IT and IT Enabled Services industry

Fermin Taruc’s Contact Settings

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• expertise requests
• business deals
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