1. NORBERTO M. BOCETA,DPA
1216 East Bell Avenue, Anaheim, CA 92805, USA
Tel. CP (714) 414-8961
Email: norbertoboceta@gmail.com
Career Objective: Country representative of a foreign company doing business in the Philippines.
CORE STRENGTHS
Experienced meeting facilitator, leader, organizer, writer, public speaker/presenter, and spokesman.
Knowledgeable about the organizational structure, culture, and operation of the Philippine bureaucracy.
Excellent written/verbal communication/people skills. High achiever, result-oriented leader, and team builder.
Management Leadership Experience in Intergovernmental/International Organizations
* Governor, Area D-4, District One, Toastmasters International, California, USA, July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014.
*Executive Director, Asian and Pacific Coconut Community, Jakarta, Indonesia, March 1, 2000 - November 30, 2001.
*Vice Chairman, Board of Administrators, Bureau for the Development of Research on Tropical Oil Crops, Montpellier,
France, 2001.
*Steering Committee Member, International Coconut Genetic Resources Network, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2000-2001.
Management Leadership Experience in National Development Agency
*Deputy Administrator for Product & Market Development & Concurrently Head Executive Assistant to the
Administrator, Philippine Coconut Authority, November 13, 1992 - February 28, 2000.
*National Liaison Officer to Asian & Pacific Coconut Community, 1992-2000.
*Manager, Market Development Department, Philippine Coconut Authority, November 11, 1987 - November 12, 1992.
Managerial Experience in the Private Sector
*Assistant Vice President, Construction Consultants Corporation, 1984 - 1987.
*Assistant to the President, Columbiano Trades, Inc., January 1981 - March 1983.
*Assistant to the President, People’s Industrial & Commercial Corp., October 16, 1978 - December 30, 1979.
Legislative Experience
*Technical Assistant (de facto Chief of Staff) to Philippine Senator Alberto G. Romulo, 1987.
*Technical Assistant to Philippine Assemblyman Cesar V. Bolanos, UNIDO (Quezon Province), 1984-86.
International Consultancy Engagements, and Apperances in Foreign Countries/Multilateral Bodies to
Promote/Defend the Interest of the Philippine Coconut Industry
Training Planner & Coordinator, International Seminar on Coconut Processing, Sponsored by Asian and Pacific
Coconut Community and hosted by the Coconut Extension Training Center of the Philippine Coconut
Authority, September 4-8, 1995.
Consultant, United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (wrote non-tariff barriers to international trade
of coconut products. These cases formed part of training manual used in UNCTAD-funded training projects in
Asia and the Pacific), 1995.
Consultant, Government of Fiji (conducted a study on the development challenges for Fiji’s coconut industry. Co-
authored the bill that gave birth to the Coconut Industry Development Authority of Fiji), July - August 1996.
Technical Member of the Philippine Team that argued before the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland,
the Brazilian government’s violation of WTO rules on the imposition of countervailing duty on Philippine exports of
desiccated coconut, June 7 - 17, 1996.

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Chief Architect of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Vegetable Oils Club, 1995. Suggested the
formation of this organization to, which was accepted by, business leader-delegates from Malaysia, Indonesia and the
Philippines. Crafted the organization’s by-laws and articles of cooperation.
Defended before Brazil’s Departmento Tekniko De Tarifa the well-documented Philippine position opposing the
countervailing duty imposed by the Brazilian government on Philippine exports of desiccated coconut, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, June 1995 and October 1994.
Writing and Public Speaking Experience
The Developmental & Regulatory Functions of the Philippine Coconut Authority: 1973-2000 (doctoral dissertation
submitted to/defended before the distinguished panel of National College of Public Administration & Governance,
University of the Philippines), March 2003.
Wrote twelve articles and papers published in national, regional and international trade journals, magazine, and
proceedings of conferences, 1992 – 200.
Presented 13 papers and lectured before the participants in international conferences on various issues, problems,
challenges, and opportunities facing the coconut industry in Asia and the South Pacific, 1992-2000
Editor of the following publications: COCOINFO International (semi-annual magazine); Coconut Research &
Development Journal (semi-annual); COCOMUNITY (semi-monthly newsletter); Coconut Trade Statistical
Yearbook; and, the Proceedings of the Ministerial and Technical meetings of the Asian & Pacific Coconut
Community, 2000-2001.
Co-Author, 3Rs On Coconut Flour (Readings, Researches and Recipes). Wrote the Readings Section, Department of
Science & Technology/Philippine Coconut Authority, 2000.
Communication/Leadership Experience in Toastmasters International, California, USA
*Installed to the Hall of Fame, District One,Toastmasters International, California, May 21, 2016
*Conferred the following educational awards by Toastmasters International:
+Distinguished Toastmaster, December 1, 2015
+Competent Communicator (twice); Advanced Communicator Bronze; and, Advanced Communicator Silver
(June 27, 2012, March 3, 2015; April 9, 2013; and, December 1,2013)
+Competent Leader (three times) and Advanced Leader Bronze (October 2, 2012, September 3, 2014, and
February 11, 2015; and, December 18, 2012)
*President, Carson Toastmasters Club, July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Founding Secretary,Secretary,Vice President for Education, and Vice President for Membership (April 29,
2011 to June 30, 2013)
*2nd Place Winner, Table Topics Speech Contest (Impromptu), Toastmasters International’s , Area E-1, Long Beach,
California, March 14, 2012.
Education
*Doctor of Public Administration, University of the Philippines (Dissertation: The Developmental & Regulatory
Functions of the Philippine Coconut Authority, 1973-2000).
*Completed 40 units in Master of Business Administration, Ateneo de Manila University
*Master of Public Administration, University of the Philippines
*Bachelor of Science in Commerce (major in Economics), Polytechnic University of the Philippines
*Associate in Commerce, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
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*GPAs of 3.83 (DPA), 3.67 (MBA), and 3.87 (MPA), as evaluated by American Education Research Corporation