Manuel C. Paete has been Vice President, Head of LGBU Projects & Resource Management of Energy Development Corporation since May 5, 2015. He started his career in EDC as a reservoir engineer trainee in LGPF in 1980. He then assumed various positions in well test measurements and FCRS operations before becoming the LGPF Production Manager in 2004 and Resident Manager in 2005. In 2013 under the Strategic Business Unit set-up, he was assigned to head the Project and Resource Management Group of Leyte Geothermal Business Unit. Mr. Paete graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering degree from the Leyte Institute of Technology, Eastern Visayas State University, in 1978 and passed the Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination in the same year. He became a Professional Mechanical Engineer in 2010. He also completed a course on Geothermal Technology with specialization in Borehole Geophysics at the United Nations University, Reykjavik, Iceland (1983). In October 2012, he received The Outstanding Mechanical Engineer award in the field of Management by the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers (PSME) during the 60th PSME national convention.

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