Career
Panlilio returned to the Philippines, at first to pursue a semi-professional basketball career with a Fuji Soy Sauce team in the Philippine Amateur Basketball League. However, after one conference, he realized basketball was not for him and decided to enter the corporate sector.[7]
Panlilio started out as a software programmer.[6] He then became a system analyst for the global IT firm Software Ventures Incorporated for five years, rising up their ranks as an assistant manager.[7] He also started a popcorn machine business with his brother during this time. In 1992, he moved to IBM, working at first as a client executive, then becoming an industry head as he dabbled in other sectors such as banking and transportation.[6][7]
In 1997, Panlilio took the position of vice president at the Lopez Group of Companies, managing ABS-CBN Corporation, BayanTel, and Sky Cable. During this time, Manny V. Pangilinan became an investor in the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT).[7] Pangilinan then offered him a job. In July 1999, Panlilio started his career with PLDT.[8]
Within the PLDT Group, Panlilio holds leadership positions in subsidiaries involved in ICT, digital banking, and more.[9] During his previous tenure in PLDT before returning as its chief revenue officer on July 1, 2019, Panlilio served as senior vice president from May 2001 to December 2010 and was the president of international arm PLDT Global from June 2004 to December 2010.
With PLDT as a longtime supporter of the Philippines' digital transformation, Panlilio is among the founding members[10] under the Digital Infrastructure pillar of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), formed in July 2022.
Prior to returning to PLDT Group, Panlilio was the senior vice president and head of Customer Retail Services and Corporate Communications at Manila Electric Company (Meralco) from September 10, 2010, to June 30, 2019, and held designations in Meralco's subsidiaries involved in renewable energy, multi-channel payments processing, and more.[11]
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