Carl E. Balita, EdD, RN, RM, LPT

(Guest Speaker)

Dr. Carl Balita is a proud Thomasian alumnus and the current president of the UST Nursing Alumni Association. Known for his generosity and selfless sense of community engagement and leadership Dr Carl epitomizes what it means to be a true advocate of the intrinsic role of Academe, Alumni, Industry and Government AAIG for transformative nation building and people development.

A recent Executive Program in International Management graduate at the Stanford University and National University of Singapore receiving the highest honors among 50 top executives from all over the world. He holds three professional licenses: a masteral degree and two doctoral degrees in Humanities and Education and is currently finishing his third doctoral degree.

The man behind the biggest review center in the country–The Dr. Carl E. Balita Review Center (CBRC). It has more than 117 branches in all major cities nationwide and with International expansions in UAE, Hongkong and the ASEAN Region. CBRC has been certified as a SUPERBRAND and it has the distinction of being the first ISO 9001:2015 certified business of its kind. Further, it dominated the review industry by winning most of the prestigious awards  in the Philippine Franchise Association’s Franchise Excellence Awards in 2017 and 2019.

He is a movie and a record producer. He owns Mahalta Resort and Convention Center as well as the Pedagogy Learning Centre. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce of Industry (PCCI) in Quezon City and currently its National Chairman for Human Resource Development.

He is a best-selling author of various reviewers including PROSPERITY and ENTREPRENEUR in 12 DAYS and a Hall of Fame Awardee as host of ABS-CBN DZMM’s “Radyo Negosyo” for 18 years now. 

In the field of business, he has been awarded as the ASIA CEO Entrepreneur of the Year – Circle of Excellence for two consecutive years. In 2018, he was one of the Outstanding Professional Awardees. He is a fellow of the Royal Institution of Entrepreneurs in Singapore.Further, he was a finalist in the Asia Pacific Young Entrepreneur Awards, a Science Ambassador of the DOST, and a recipient of the TOTAL Awards, the highest award conferred by the University of Santo. Tomas to its alumni. He was conferred The Mahalta Award Entrepreneur by his home province, Oriental Mindoro.

In addition, he is an international speaker, Professor of Business and family man, married to a pediatrician,with whom he has four kids.

Dubbed as the Entrepinoy Guru and the Ultimate Reviewer.