Dennis Mendiola

Dennis Beltran Mendiola (born September 1, 1967, New York City) is an engineer, investment banker and entrepreneur who in 2000, assembled and led the team that created Chikka Text Messenger, an integration of web and mobile utilities. He founded the company, Chikka Asia, Inc., as its CEO and de facto "Chief Imagination Officer." Mendiola saw to Chikka's diversification into mobile content and mobile commerce, before it was acquired by Smart Communications in 2009.

Mendiola was retained by Smart as a consultant for its Wireless Division and remained active in Chikka as de facto head of its product development team. He retired from Smart in 2016, a few months after the eventual handover of the company he founded to Smart’s new digital innovations arm Voyager Innovations.

In 2017, Mendiola resurfaced in the startup community as a mentor and resource to aspiring tech entrepreneurs, as well as the moving spirit for his own VOXPTech a specialized communications platforms developer for humanitarian rescue and relief mobilizations.

Mendiola attended primary and secondary schooling at the Ateneo de Manila University before heading to the United States for college. He graduated double summa cum laude with degrees in BS Economics (Wharton) and BS Electrical Engineering (Moore) from the University of Pennsylvania, and later earned his MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1995. He was employed through 1992 to 1997 as a consultant and investment banker at such institutions as McKinsey Consulting, Morgan Stanley and Bankers Trust.

Early in 1992, he returned to the Philippines to volunteer at the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority in order to attract international investments in the former US Naval Base. He returned again in 1996, to form Next Century Partners, a venture capital firm.

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