Matthew also known as Matthew Boris Jay Lakandula Skarmory bleep Aligaen Cua ….or Matt for short... or Squirrel... is the crazy one, someone a bit too close to edge. For Matthew personal life, working life, professional life is just one life, and that there should be no distinction at all in those. He doesn’t believe that he should wear different masks for different parts of his life but rather different hats.
“The better I get, the better I get at getting better. Just move forward....some ignorance maybe required”
Matthew aims to be a future champion of Philippine Innovation and is currently :
An Inoventling at Inovent Inc.
The team head of the IsangConcepts Team
Current CEO of Skyeye Project Philippines aka the Freaks with Wings
Head of Student Volunteers and Interns at the Ateneo Innovation Center
Also Matthew is a certified Geek and prefers to spend his idle time not being idle aka working....which means he is kinda workaholic. A quiet time with a good book and bottomless warm tea is his idea of relaxation aside from work.
Matthew has graduated from Ateneo de Manila University finishing BS Management of Applied Chemistry and is now aiming to continue his studies in chemistry.
Technical Skills :
Well versed in MS Office and Keynote (preferred presentation program)
Web designing using Joomla CMS and RapidWeaver
Adobe Products : Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, After Effects, InDesign and Dreamweaver
FTP Programs such as CyberDuck
Image Stitching Softwares
Shiatsu, Spot and Reflexology
Fly RC tri-coaxial helicopters
Very comfortable with online applications and programs such as Google Docs, Cpanel Server Controlling, Google Apps, Online Email services, and many more
Programming Languages :
PHP - Beginner
Java - Beginner
Unix - Beginner
Books Read :
Matthew has read more than 150 books and constantly reads blogs and online articles. Matthew finishes 1 to 2 full hard-bound books per week.
A short list of the favorite books of Matthew. a full list can could be found on his Shelfari Account.
Christensen Clayton’s Books : The Innovator’s Dilemma, The Innovator’s Solution, Disruptive Class and Seeing the Next Big Thing
Marcus Buckingham : The one thing you need to know, First Break all the rules, and Now, Discover Your Strengths.
Tom Rath : Strengths Finder 2.0, Strengths based Leadership and How full is your bucket ?
Seth Godin : Purple Cow, The Dip, Linchpin, Tribes, All Marketers are Liars, Survival is not enough, and Meatball Sundae
Paco Underhill : Call of the Mall and Why we Buy
Tom Kelly : The Art of Innovation and the 10 faces of Innovation
Robert Greene : 48 Laws of Power, 36 Strategies of War and the Art of Seduction
Chris Anderson : Long tail and Free
The 5 disciplines of Innovation | Pow! RIght Between the Eyes | Management Rewired | SuperFreakonomics | Rules for Radicals | Googled | Google Speaks | THe Next Evoluton of Marketing | Art of War | Groundswell | Design Thinking | Thick Face Black Heart | Blink | Tipping Point | Hit the Ground Running
Learn more about Matthew :
Mentors and Influences
Strengths (Strength Psychology)
A Scientific Study on Matthew aka the Squirrel
Warning : Matthew does have a tendency to be normal from time to time