Chris Mercado

Chris is a management & marketing practitioner with over 20 years experience working in various industries such as insurance, telco and digital marketing. He earned his Post-Graduate Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking from the Emeritus Institute of Management, in collaboration with Columbia Business School and MIT Sloan and Tuck Executive Education. He also has a Design Sprint Masterclass Certificate from AJ&Smart, a Berlin-based product design & innovation studio, which works with process creator Jake Knapp for training. ​Prior to being a trainer at TrainStation, Inc., Chris was also a facilitator with the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc. (UPPAF) for the implementation of Project RESPOND (Regulatory Support Program for National Development) in streamlining the business permit processes of Philippine LGUs. He also spent three years as a digital marketing and business strategy consultant for local and international entrepreneurs.