Malaysia to fete Davao IT expert

By Cheneen R. Capon
Davao-based information technology expert Xavier Eric B. Manalastas, chief operating officer and president of NextBPO Solutions will be awarded with citation on Golden Globe Tigers Award for Excellence & Leadership in Outsourcing in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia next month.
Slated on April 11 at Pullman Kuala Lumpur City Center Hotel &Residences, Manalastas said the “Golden Globe Tigers Awards aims to recognize “TIGERS”  across leadership levels in individual and organization that aim at believing that excellence is infinite and perfection has no limit and targets are milestones not an end of the journey.”
“The Golden Globe Tigers Awards is the highest recognition individuals and organizations can aim to achieve because they believe that perfection has no limits,” Manalastas wrote in a press release.
The “Golden Globe Tigers Award for Excellence & Leadership in Outsourcing” will recognize the most eminent Professionals for their superlative achievements in their respective fields,he added.
He was told that  the awards are intensely researched.
“The research cell consists of Post Graduates in History & Management with over 5 years research experience posts their studies. It is the iconic job of the research cell to produce a shortlist of Individuals who are doing extraordinary work and track the record of their achievements. The shortlist is then reviewed by a Jury comprising of senior professionals from across the globe, he added.
Meanwhile, the NextBPO Solutions is a customized outsourcing specialist based in the Davao City.
Two years ago, the firm provided talents for the creation of online game Erectus with The Netherland-based developer Maata Games BV.
Maata Games BV  an online game named Erectus™Â last year which is about the “dramatic encounter between the Homo sapiens and Homo erectus that happened on earth 130.000 years ago.”
Apart from game development, the NextBPO Solutions also sealed a partnership New Zealand’s largest website development company ZEALD (www.zeald.com) last year  for the establishment of its offshore project support team here in Davao City.
Under the service agreement signed by the two companies recently, Next BPO Solutions formed a dedicated team for Zeald for the roles such as web designers, web developers, online marketing specialists, project coordinators and technical support staff.
Manalastas said the NextBPO Solutions team is expected ro grow further as it plans to partner with US based Hewlette-Packard for skills outsoucing.