Earl Valencia

Earl is the President and Co-founder of the IdeaSpace Foundation, the First Pacific group's multi-industry incubator and accelerator for science and technology start-ups. He is concurrently the Head of Corporate Development at Smart. Prior to his move to Asia, he was a Business Incubation Manager at Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Group in Silicon Valley. He also was a Senior Systems Engineer at Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems where he worked in classified R&D Projects for the US Defense Department. Earl obtained a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, from Boston University, a Masters in Systems Engineering from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 2012, He was named one of the Manila 40 under 40 by DevEx and Chevron, highlighting the top 40 leaders focused on economic development across the Philippines.