47:. He has been a work systems consultant, a development and investment banker, the chief executive officer of a medium-sized group of companies, and a management professor. He taught strategy courses in the MBA program at the University of the Philippines College of Business Administration. Now retired, he continues to lecture and write. He also still consults occasionally for entities in both the private and public sectors. He has been a consultant on policy and strategy for important government agencies like the Department of Energy, the
85:(2013) contains his exposition of the problems with Comelec's chosen automated election system. He is a convener of the citizens’ poll watchdog group AES Watch, a multi-sector coalition made up of civic and religious groups, industry and professional associations, academic organizations, and information technology practitioners and specialists.
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Power Without Virtue: A Critical Perspective on Philippine Governance
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Chasing the Wind: Assessing Philippine Democracy, 2nd edition (2016)
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Miranda, Felipe B. and Rivera, Temario C., editors (2016).
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