PAUL RIVERA

WHY HIM? The 34-year-old simplified the job market for Filipino graduates by co-founding Kalibrr in 2013. THE BIZ The tech company has built an AI-driven job-matching platform for young professionals across Southeast Asia. THAT’S NOT ALL Before moving back to the Philippines, Rivera worked at Google in San Francisco and built a business, Open Access, that grew to have more than 1,000 employees over five years. It was his experience expanding Open Access that alerted Rivera to the recruitment issues Kalibrr aims to solve.