Orange & Bronze Chief Executive Officer Calen Legaspi has once again been elected as part of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) Board of Directors this year. This will be the third consecutive time that Calen would be part of PSIA, with his first tenure starting back in January 2008.

He will be specifically heading the Tech Council whose main mission is to create a culture of excellence and generate enthusiasm in the software profession and to inspire people with the drive to achieve great things. It also aims to provide technical guidance for the Philippine software industry as well as highlight the high-value capabilities of the Filipino software industry.

The PSIA Tech Council was created in 2009, spearheaded by Calen himself. It consists of various local software professionals who meet on a regular basis to discuss pressing issues and create plans to sustain the development of the Philippine software industry.

Major projects have been rolled out in 2009 and will continue on this year under Calen's guidance. "We've been actively working with TESDA in the development of new curricula for the Train-for-Work program. The Council has also been working with CHED-TPITE in developing faculty training programs that can be credited towards Masteral and PhD degrees." Calen said. "The Council also started a Career caravan in 2009 to reach out to high school and universities by motivating them to consider a career in software development."

"We need to inspire young people to take up professions in the software industry. By finding and highlighting heroes in the software industry, then we can definitely inspire others to take on the same road towards excellence." Calen explained.

As Calen once again joins the PSIA Board of Directors, he now plans to continue to develop the capabilities of the Philippine Software Industry such that it can take-on high-value work such as software architecture design and R&D. Calen believes that through working with the developer community, academe, and government as well as organizing training programs for both developers and faculty members, the local software industry would continue to create an uphill development that is indeed world-class.