COMMITTEES

PROJECTS

Committee on Information and Research

·    To gather, prepare, and provide relevant industry data to internal and  external stakeholders

·    Software Skills and Inventory project (underway)

·    Industy-wide surveys

Committee on International Marketing / Marketing & Communications

·    To increase foreign awareness of the Philippines’ Offshore software industry (“Brand Philippines”)

·    To promote Filipino SW products and services to local and global markets

·    To promote the Filipino SW industry to a wider stakeholder base – current & potential SW dev professionals, academe, government, other local/foreign IT & non-IT associations, general public

·    Exhibition and participation in various tradeshows like SODEC (Japan), CEBIT (Australia), CommunicAsia (Singapore), Microsoft WPC (US), JavaOne (US), Oracle Openworld (US), International Outsourcing Summit (Manila), Cebu ICT, DevCon

Committee on Capability Development

·    To support improved Recruitment, Retooling and Retention within the software sector by developing and implementing human resource development programs

·    To support development of SW dev companies’ capabilities in various areas of operations – strategy, marketing, financial, product development, service delivery, etc.

·    Enablement Seminar Series

·    Expanded Learning on IT Services (ELITES) Teacher Trainings

·    TESDA Train-For-Work Scholarship Program

·    Industry Benchmarking Study

·    MicroSoft BizSpark

·    IT Evangelism in Schools

·    Participation in the CICT-BPAP Career Caravan

Committee on Ethics and Membership

·    To promote integrity within the membership by establishing a Code of Ethics for PSIA

·    To maintain close collaboration among member companies through regular membership meetings

·    Quarterly General Membership Meetings (GMM)

·    Special events like Christmas Parties, Sportsfest

Committee on Government Relations

·    To represent the Association in government forums and advocate on issues that concern the SW industry

·    Representation in the Technical Working Group for the Departmentalization of CICT

·    Representation in CHED Technical Panel for IT Education

·    Lobbying for government funding

·    Talks with IT councils in the Philippines

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

PROJECTS

Japan Market Group

·    To promote partnership between Philippine based IT service companies and Japanese firms and envision business in global market

·    Heading the Philippine delegation to the annual Software Development Expo (SODEC) in Tokyo

·    Exchange meetings between PSIA members and Computer Software Association Japan (CSAJ) members

·    Collaborations with Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

·    Development and maintenance of PSIA Japanese website

Technology Council

·    To create a culture of excellence and generate enthusiasm in the software profession

·    To provide technical guidance

·    To highlight the high-value capabilities of the Filipino software industry

·    Part of the TESDA Experts Group

·    Accreditation of training institutions for the TESDA Train-For-Work Program

·    Representation in CHED Technical Panel for IT Education

·    Participation in the CICT-BPAP Career Caravan

·    IT Evangelism in schools

·    Video material featuring success stories of IT professionals