The Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines announced the appointment of USC alumnus Commodore Vicente Cejoco as the new chairperson of the Professional Regulatory Board for Electronics Engineering while Engr. Adonis Q. Talabo, another USC alumnus, was appointed as a member of the same Professional Regulatory Board. 

Cejoco is new Electronics Board chairperson

Cejoco graduated from the University of San Carlos Boys High School, Cebu City, and pursued a Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering at the University of the East, but his path changed when he decided to join the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), where he obtained his Bachelors of Science in General Engineering in 1982. He then joined the Philippine Navy as an officer.

He pursued extensive higher education taking the following degrees: 

• Master of Science in Management Engineering (1986–89) – Saint Louis University, Baguio (Full Scholar, PMA Faculty Development Program)
• Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (1992–95) – Central Colleges of the Philippines
• Master of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering (1997–2000) – De La Salle University, Manila (Full Scholar, AFP Provident Trust Fund Scholarship Program)
• Master of Science in Electronic Warfare Systems Engineering (2000–02) – Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA (Full Scholar, US International Military Education and Training Program)

Cejoco also completed various short courses, such as: 

• Project Management Course – Asian Institute of Management, Makati (1995–96)
• Applied Microwave Communications Course (1996) – Telekom Training College, Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ITU-MTCP Scholarship Program)
• Radio Spectrum Management Course for Broadband Infrastructure (2019) – Telecommunications Engineering Center in Shinigawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan (Full Scholar, Japanese Government and Asia-Pacific Telecommunity)

His military career (1978–2016) highlighted his leadership as an AFP Communications Electronics Officer, with nine years as Commander and twelve years in staff roles. His eight and a half years of shipboard duty with the Philippine Navy included his first three and a half years as a Presidential Service Officer aboard the BRP ANG PANGULO TP-777. 

He also held junior officer positions, commanded three combatant naval vessels (PG-394, AW-33, PS-22), and served as Executive Officer on two capital ships (PF-11, PS-70), performing maritime sovereignty patrols, resupply missions, combat support, and law enforcement in the West Philippine Sea, Palawan, Scarborough Shoal, Visayas, and Southern and Eastern Mindanao. 

His academic career spanned 26 years, including six years as an instructor and COMMEL Company Commander at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), where he taught Applied Electronics, Weapon Systems Design, Combat Comms, Electronic Warfare, Signal Intelligence and Cryptology to cadets from PMA classes 1987 to 1995. 

From 2019 to 2022. he was appointed as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). In consultancy roles, he served as a Highly Technical and Cybersecurity Consultant for the Office of the President, Malacañang (2019) and as a consultant for APO Production Unit Inc., under the Presidential Communications Office (Oct. 2023–Apr. 2024).

Cejoco is a multi-awarded professional, both in military service and Electronics Engineering Practice. He has earned two Distinguished Service Star (DSS) Medals for leadership roles in the AFP and an Outstanding Achievement Medal (OAM) for enhancing ICT infrastructure in PMA camps and authoring the AFP Signal Corps Handbook. 

In 1990, he was awarded the Most Outstanding AFP COMMEL Officer of the Year for telecommunications advancements. Twenty years later, he received the 2010 IECEP Outstanding Electronics Engineer of the Year for innovations in ICT and maritime surveillance. 

He is also a recipient of the 2012 USC Most Outstanding Alumnus Award (Techno-Scientific Field) from the University of San Carlos for achievements in technology and education. Lastly, he received the 2016 PMA Alumni Association Cavalier Award (Techno-Scientific Field) for contributions to the Signal Corps, academia, and the electronics industry.

Engr. Talabo appointed board member

On the other hand, Engr. Adonis Q. Talabo, another USC alumnus, was appointed as a member of the same Professional Regulatory Board. A graduate of BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering and Master of Engineering from the University of San Carlos, Engr. Talabo is also a Professional Electronics Engineer (PECE), an ASEAN Chartered Professional Engineer (ACPE), and an ASEAN Engineer (AE).

He has more than 25 years of professional working experience in the field of Electronics Engineering, particularly in the Private Sector, managing multi-million projects and also in the Government Sector as an academician

Engr. Talabo is a multi-awarded Professional here in the Philippines and abroad. He was a recipient of the 2019 Outstanding Professional of the Year Award (OPYA) in the field of Electronics Engineering, the highest award bestowed upon a professional by the Professional Commission Regulation (PRC). 

Currently, he is a member of the Board of Regents of Southern Leyte State University (SLSU) and Chairman of the Engineering Code Committee of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP Inc).

He is the main author of the proposed CCTV Code of the Philippines, approved by the Institute of Electronics Engineers of the Philippines (IECEP Inc) general membership, during the 71^st Midyear Convention 2021. He is also a co-founder and former governor of IECEP-Qatar in 2015 and former Chairperson of the Philippine Professional Organization Qatar (PPO-Q) in 2021. 

Lastly, Engr. Talabo is the founder of Axiom Continuum Solution Inc., a company specializing in Electronics Security Systems (ESS), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Telecommunications.

by  Engr. Joseph Karl G. Salva, M.Sc., M.Eng., PECE, ACPE, AE