Dr. Richard E. Amansec has been the Chief of the Management Information Systems Division (MISD) at the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD), under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and is the council's designated Chief Information Officer (CIO) as required by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). 

(maybe omitted) He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics major in Operations Research, a Masters in Business Administration, and a PhD in IT Management. He also is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), has a certification on Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL v3) Foundations, and is a Certified Knowledge Management Practitioner, mentored by Prof. Serafin Talisayon - the Father of KM in the Philippines. (maybe omitted)

Prior to joining the government as a Civil Servant, he was in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry and has provided IT Service Management (ITSM) support to foreign companies for 11 years. His experience in IT is over 20 years now and has been supporting the Community eCenters movement for almost 10 years - organizing Knowledge Exchange Conferences on eCenters and serving as President of the Philippine Community eCenters Network (PhilCeCNet), Inc. on behalf of DOST-PCAARRD.