Producer, Multimedia and Content Editor, Photographer & Writer.
Jay assumes all of these roles because through them, he can travel and experience the world one frame at a time. Born in Manila and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, he has spent his life spanning the globe from as far south as the bush country of Darwin, Australia, to the cobbled streets of the Latin Quarter in Paris.
He fell into production work by chance after finding out about an opportunity with what was then a small, nine-person production team with a cable network airing international and local sports programs. The company eventually grew into one of the most respected cable networks in Southeast Asia. As a producer who climbed the ranks, Jay got to meet NBA players like Paul Pierce, Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant, living boxing legends like Manny Pacquiao and even hobnobbed with eye candy (who doesn’t have a nostalgic soft spot for the Laker Girls?).
A brief respite from production work came when he saw the impact of social networking like Multiply, MySpace, Facebook, IPTV and microblogging in the United States and abroad. As the multimedia director of one of the top websites in the Philippines (and a Web Awards Hall of Famer) and later, as online editor, writer and blogger for an upscale men’s title, he is living proof that the change and progress seen in other parts of the world can also thrive in a developing nation like the Philippines.
Photography literally fell on his lap in the form of a Holga. He became addicted to capturing images in 120 film and lomography, then later decided to join the new millennium by gifting himself with a Nikon D50 DSLR. Four lenses, seven cameras and a one-man portrait exhibit later, he is now a full-fledged - albeit accidental - photographer, with requests for wedding, advertising, portraiture and corporate assignments coming in just by virtue of word-of-mouth marketing.
After 11 years of living in Manila, Jay and his wife have decided to pack-up shop by moving to San Francisco, California, where they hope to relish in the ease of pedestrian living, enjoy public transportation, shop in organic grocery stores and whip-out their laptops in a truly wireless city.
