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Management Services Group
The Management Services Group (MSG), supervised by Atty. Michel Kristian R. Ablan, ensures operational efficiency within the Department by providing support services to all units to properly equip them in the performance of their respective functions.
Within the MSG are the offices/units: Finance Service (FS), Human Resource and Administrative Service (HRAS), Information Systems Management Service (ISMS), Liaison Office for Legislative Affairs (LOLA), Planning and Management Service (PMS), and Resource Generation and Management Service (RGMS).
The Officials are the following:
Atty. Michel Kristian R. Ablan
Atty. Michel Kristian R. Ablan
Kristian Ablan is a career public servant, having been in government service for 18 years. He currently holds the post of Assistant Secretary and Supervising Head of the Management Services Group.
Prior to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Mr. Ablan was undersecretary for administration at the Department of Education (DepEd), and assistant secretary and undersecretary at the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).
His other government stints were at the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Public-Private Partnership Center (PPP Center), Provincial Government of llocos Norte, and Office of the Solicitor General (OSG).
Mr. Ablan concurrently serves as alternate director at the National Development Company (NDC), and the Philippine Guarantee Corporation (PHILGUARANTEE).
Kris is a lawyer by profession, and holds degrees from Ateneo de Manila University, the University of the Philippines, the University of Auckland, and the National Defense College of the Philippines. Kris holds the rank of CESO I and is a 2021 Presidential Career Executive Service awardee for his work in freedom of information (FOl).
Assistant Secretary and Supervising Head
Management Services Group (MSG)
Key Officials
Maria Asuncion H. Cruzada
Director
Finance Service (FS)
Finance Service (FS)
Manages the financial program and a financial monitoring system to ensure fund availability and proper utilization.
Joel R. Cruz
Director
Human Resource and Administrative Service (HRAS)
Human Resource and Administrative Service (HRAS)
Designs, implements, and institutionalizes the HRD program, which is aimed at transforming DTI into an agency of choice.
Provides logistical services (procurement, training services, transport, cashiering, security, and all other utility services) to facilitate operations of all DTI functional and support groups.
Joel R. Cruz
Dir. Joel R. Cruz joined the Department of Trade and Industry in 2011 and has contributed notable accomplishments such as the institutionalization of the Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS), the establishment of the DTI Academy, the creation of the Integrated Human Resource Information System (IHRIS), and enhancement of the Performance Rewards, Awards and Incentives (PRAISE).
He strengthened the competency-based systems and processes of the DTI’s human resource management areas, particularly in recruitment and selection, performance management, learning and development, and rewards and recognition. This paved the way for the conferment of the Level 2 Bronze Award to DTI under the Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM).
He facilitated the implementation of employee engagement surveys within the Department, and subsequently introduced the more comprehensive Employee Experience Survey. This initiative led to DTI receiving the Great Place to Work certification, making it the first and only government agency to achieve this accolade.
On top of his regular tasks as HRAS Head, Dir. Cruz also juggles various functions as the Vice-Chairperson of the DTI Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), Co-Chairperson of the System on Performance Rewards and Incentives (SPRInts), Technical Working Group of the Program Coordinating Committee (PCC) of the Australia Awards and Alumni Engagement Program (AAAEP), and Focal Person of the Energy Efficiency Conservation (EEC).
Dir. Cruz, a Career Executive Service Officer (CESO), finished his Basic, Secondary, and Tertiary education at the Ateneo de Manila University with a degree in Management Engineering.
Rolando T. Medrano, Jr.
Director
Information Systems Management Service (ISMS)
Information Systems Management Service (ISMS)
Designs and implements all information technology (IT) initiatives of the DTI.
Engr. Robert Alvin T. Arceo
Director
Planning and Management Service (PMS)
Planning and Management Service (PMS)
Coordinates and monitors implementation of DTI operating plans and programs, and assesses performance versus targets set and cost effectiveness.
John William R. Lucero
Officer-in-Charge
Resource Generation and Management Service (RGMS)
Resource Generation and Management Service (RGMS)
Undertakes project development, resource generation, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation of DTI foreign-assisted projects. Coordinates and monitors DTI’s special programs including gender and development (GAD), persons with disabilities (PWD), senior citizens, and POPCOM-related concerns.
Management Services Group
Management Services Group
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