We receive over five thousand applicants for our programs.
From these we select only the top 30 women per class who best exemplify these traits.
From our experience, what separates great data scientists from the good ones are their abilities to communicate effectively in different situations. We train FTW graduates to find and tell data stories that non-technologists find intriguing
FTW Foundation is building a movement.
Regardless of background and where they decide to work after the program, FTW Scholars’ values are unwavering in their wanting to help the Philippines and solving some of society's biggest problems
Some call it grit, some call it resilience. It's hard to learn something new. Most of us hadn't written any lines of code before we started the program so to get through this program, scholars need to be resourceful, determined, and focused on a growth-mindset.
Versatile
Ambitious
Unstoppable
OUR FOUNDERS
DERYA TANGHE
CARA WILSON
PACO CAPARAS
MICHELLE ALARCON
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lizzie Eder Zobel
Nicole Paterno
Carol Dominguez
Marife Zamora
CHIEF OF STAFF
Vrenelli Alvarado
OUR INSTRUCTORS
MICHELLE ALARCON
Michelle currently serves as the Head of Learning at FTW Foundation.
An analytics practitioner with over 25 years of experience, she founded analytics consulting firm Z-Lift Solutions in 2013 to enable companies with their analytics needs. In the same year, Michelle organized the tech community R Users Group of the Philippines for aspiring practitioners using open source tools. She currently serves as the Vice President of the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP)
MYK OGBINAR
Instructor and Capstone Project Mentor
Myk is an evangelist when it comes to data science/ machine learning, automation, and open source tech. He has more than 13 years of experience in end-to-end service and project delivery in various roles and technologies in the fields of IT, Retail, Energy, Telco, and Banking. Myk is currently spearheading data science and analytics initiatives in a multinational bank
CARMI ESCLANDA
Instructor and Capstone Project Mentor
Carmi Esclanda is a development specialist serving the National Economic and Development Authority for more than five years. She finished her graduate studies in Data Science in the Asian Institute of Management where she completed DS projects involving machine learning, deep learning, big data, and network science
ANGIE TOBIAS-LOZANO
Instructor and Capstone Project Mentor
A Data Science practitioner since 2014, she started as a Senior Operations Research Analyst for Navitaire. Her specialization is on revenue management for airline companies. and moved to a couple of consulting agencies where she worked with different companies/industries such as utility & services, retail (clothing brand) and banking. Currently, she is a Data Scientist for JG Summit Holdings, Inc.
YVES KANGLEON
Instructor and Capstone Project Mentor
Yves started with database work- mainframe immediately after graduation. After 5 years of working, Yves entered the analytics field and since then has been doing variation of analytics. He is currently the Director for Customer Analytics and Loyalty in Cebu Pacific. He is also a part-time teach on Saturdays since June 2018.
If you have teaching and/or data experience and want to make a difference