Economics, Finance and Accounting Department

Cyrus Paolo M. Buenafe has led the Quality Measures and Value Management team under Global Delivery Strategy and Operations with Hewlett-Packard Asia-Pacific Ltd, responsible for coming up with business-level recommendations for the company based on numerous models and statistical analyses derived from the industry, competitors and customers.

He was a Fellow of the Intellectual Property Research and Training Institute (IPRTI), the think tank of IPO Philippines, the government agency responsible for the enforcement and management of intellectual property in the Philippines.

He is a lifetime member of the Philippine Economic Society.

Mr. Buenafe graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology degree in 2001 and a Master of Science in Information Technology degree in 2002, both from the University of Asia and the Pacific. He also obtained his Master of Arts, Major in Economics degree from Ateneo de Manila University in 2008. He is a candidate for a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Ateneo de Manila University.