I this episode, Glenn Gamboa a technopreneur and current Vice-Chairman of the newly formed Philippine SQL Server Users Group (PHISSUG) from the Philippines talks about his freelancing life before he started one of the most promising ISVs in the country. He also tackled the struggles of starting his company, their marketing strategy and how to develop applications that are truly bankable. He also discuss some aspects of being an ISV in the Philippines. How to get started in the software industry. The challenges of being in the IT market. and how he sees the market in the future.
The show include tips and tricks on SQL and his insite about the 'to use stored procedures or not' debate.
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About Glenn Gamboa
Glenn is currently into the business of school automation and is trying to change the way the campus operates its day-to-day business with the help of information technology. He founded GSoft Solutions Incorporated in 2003, a small 5-man strong ISV. He is currently its leader serving about more than a dozen schools and universities in the country.
He spent most of his academic life in the hands of the Salesian fathers of Don Bosco in Don Bosco Technical Institute Victorias and graduated computer science in AMA Computer College. He had always been a freelance software designer and developer with extensive experiences on Microsoft technologies. The one
closest to his heart though are databases, software architecture and user interfaces.
On the side, he is also the current Vice-Chairman of the newly formed Philippine SQL Server Users Group (PHISSUG) handling the organization’s business development work and technical contributor. He is also one of the core members of the newly formed MSClub of Microsoft Philippines. He is also an active member of the Microsoft Philippines Forums helping out in the SQL Server sections.
He is also one of the guitarist of Plug N Play, a band born out of the Microsoft community and is composed of fellow Information Technology specialists. He listens and plays rock music. Everytime he got his spare time, you can find him tending with his other interests. He loves to read and is into other things such as digital photography, sportsfishing, rock music, hamsters, movies and resto hopping. He has given up computer games. He spend most of his time doing business development work.
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Apr 18 2006, 03:40 PM
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keithrull