Cool! One of our own members hired by Apple as a Mac Genius!

[piedad]

Apple Computer hires Pinoy ‘Mac genius’ in US

By EDWIN P. SALLAN
Special to Today

A former broadcast journalist with an almost decadelong passion for Macintosh computers was recently hired by Apple Computer as a Mac Genius.

Martin Gonzalvez, a former television news reporter with several local stations before switching to a career in Web-authoring while working for advertising agencies, migrated with his family to the United States in 2001. Since then, he has worked as network administrator and technical manager for K-12 schools in New Jersey and New York before being hired by the very company that created Macintosh computers.

“I first used a Mac in 1995, when actor Subas Herrero, who is also my father-in-law introduced me to his Mac LCIII which he would also let me use,” Gonzalvez recalls in an exclusive online interview with Today. “It was love at first sight and every one of my jobs since then has involved the Mac in one form or another,”

Since then, Gonzalvez has also dedicated himself in serving the Philippine Mac community by providing free technical support to his fellow Mac users through the Philippine Macintosh Users Group, or PhilMUG, of which he was a former board member. More recently, he was very active in PinoyMac.org, an online community that he founded in August of last year.

“A few months before launching PinoyMac.org, I achieved a longtime personal goal when I became an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator in Mac OS X and OS X Server,” Gonzalvez reveals. “I am proud to bring my heritage of nearly ten years of service and participation in the Philippine Mac community to my work at Apple, where I am doubly proud to be one of the company’s few Pinoy Mac Geniuses.”

As a Mac Genius, Gonzalvez’ job is basically that of a technical consultant for sales and support, among other things. He will begin training for the job at Apple Computer’s headquarters in 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California.

[hacksaw]

Congratulations Gonz! We are so proud of you!

~hacksaw

[bomalabs]

WOW Cool Stuff Martin!! I'll tell the barkada back home, or at least those who haven't read about it, and explain exactly what working for Mac means. All the best. You done us proud, man!

[mgd]

Way to go Gonz!

[Arel]

Good going, Gonz! Onwards to Cupertino!

[El CaMOTe]

Hope you can take some pictures while in Cupertino. If you can't take one of ol' Stevie Boy, then just his name on his door would be OK na !! then post them here and/or in PinoyMac.

Good deal Gonz, and put the Pinoy on the Mac Map !!

Cheers & Mabuhay :beer:arty:

[pipoyg]

Nice going, Mr. Gonzalvez! Congratulations!

[Maverick]

Wow... congrats Sir Gonz

Now we can get the inside scoop... niyahaha :evil: kidding kidding... :drunk:

[gonz]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I am proud to represent Philippine Mac users as an ambassador to the rest of the Macintosh community.

[Edited on 9-16-2004 by gonz]

[papsy]

ambassador?