After almost 3 months of serving as officer-in-charge, Engr. Nonilo Peña has been promoted as new chief of the Council’s Energy and Utilities Systems Technology Development Division (EUSTDD). He took his oath before Executive Director Dr. Rowena Cristina L. Guevara witnessed by Deputy Executive Director Engr. Raul C. Sabularse and the division staff. Engr. Peña replaced Engr. Darwin M. Rosales who resigned in August 2013.
Engr. Peña started as Science Research Specialist I, of the same division, when he joined PCIERD in 1988. He rose from the ranks and was promoted as Supervising SRS in 1995. He maintained this position until the PCIERD-PCASTRD merger to PCIEERD in 2010. Before joining PCIERD, he was a Field Engineer for 2 years in Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific (AG&P), an industrial process outsourcing (IPO) company providing fabrication and assembly, modularization and asset management services to the oil & gas, mining, power and civil infrastructure sectors.
With his vast experience and expertise in energy, he has represented the country in international official missions and meetings on energy, transport and disaster management S&T cooperation and deliver various technical papers in international seminars like the Global Center of Excellence Symposium on Energy Science in the Age of Global Warming in Japan in 2009. He also served as the National Focal Person for the ASEAN Subcommittee on Non-Conventional Energy Research (SCNER) and was designated as Chairman in 2008. On the side, his very approachable attitude made him a popular choice among his peers to lead the Council’s employees association several times.
Engr. Peña took his Mechanical Engineering degree from the Mapua Institute of Technology and his Master in Technology Management from the University of the Philippines. He acquired his license in 1986. Moreover he had training at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Thailand in 1990, took Energy Management and Training Course in Japan (1992). He also had a study meeting on Development of New Energy Sources in 1996, underwent the Program on Energy Conservation Technology Capacity Building in Japan, and Capacity Building on Technology Transfer in Australia in 2003. Recently, he had training on New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization.
As the new chief, Engr. Peña said he will continue leading the EUSTDD in its mission to “lead and partner with public and private institutions in generating sectoral S&T plan, policies, strategies and science-based information to address national needs and contribute to economic development.”
With his 25 years experience in PCIEERD in exercising management and supervisory responsibilities and his “silent waters run deep” but approachable mien, Engr. Peña indeed energizes not only EUSTDD but PCIEERD as a whole. (Lanquin Seyer Gacusan, PCIEERD-DOST)
Engr. Peña (seated on the right) together with Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevara (middle), Deputy Exec Director Engr. Raul C. Sabularse (standing at the back of Engr Peña) Engr. Nelson Beniabon (seated on the left, ETDD Chief) and the EUSTDD Staff
Engr Peña taking his oath led by Dr Rowena Cristina L. Guevara
photos by Lanquin Seyer Gacusan
