Vmware appoints new Country Manager

VMware Inc., a leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, has appointed Emmanuel Portugal as country manager in the Philippines.

This is a promotion for Portugal who was previously VMware’s Partner Business Manager responsible for leading the company’s local sales and pre-sales team based in Manila. Portugal will lead all aspects of strategic planning, business development, sales and channels locally. He will report to Nicholas Tan, Asean country manager, VMware, who is based in Singapore.

An experienced IT professional, Portugal has served in sales, marketing and product management, and business development roles with IBM and Intel, locally and in the Southeast Asia region, prior to joining VMware. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the Philippines. grow SEIPI as a benchmark industry organization, primarily serving the interest of the members, as we aim to contribute further to the economic development of the country,” said Viera, who is managing director of semiconductors manufacturing giant Texas Instruments in its Philippine operations.

Electronics, particularly semiconductors, is a major driver of the country’s merchandise exports.

Earlier this month, government released official data saying Philippine exports of manufactured goods rose by 15.5 percent to $3.1 billion in November 2012 from $2.7 billion in November 2011 due to recovery in electronics (13.3 percent), machinery and transport equipment (123.5 percent), wood manufactures (58.9 percent), and electronic equipment and parts (44.6 percent).

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan noted that the growth in exports of electronics products came from semiconductors (15.5 percent), office equipment (266.4 percent), control and instrumentation (983.4 percent), telecommunication (269.7 percent), and automotive electronics (131.8 percent).

"The growth in semiconductors sales followed the 2-percent annual increase of global chip sales in November 2012. This marks the electronics industry’s recovery following a series of contractions in the initial months of 2012,” the Cabinet official said.