Dir. Maria Cecilia Bobadilla-Bitare is a well-experienced manager from the private sector, specializing in shipping, particularly on vessel and container yard management, customer service, documentation, and cargo claims. She is currently doing part-time consultancy on process improvement for a manufacturing and logistics firm and water port/terminal projects for a budding player in the local and foreign seaport scenes.
As a long-time player in the international shipping and logistics industry, she has developed expertise in handling exceptional situations in cargo shipping and has played key roles in promoting and implementing corporate programs and special projects for extra yields. She is also a homegrown talent of American President Lines who has risen from the ranks. Her years as a booking representative and regional director for two key departments in a shipping line operating internationally have made her contribute substantially to the company.
Dir. Cecile Bobadilla-Bitare earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Economics, from Aquinas University in 1983, and graduated cum laude.