Mapúa is 2010 CISCO National Skills champ

MANILA, Philippines - Setting a record as back-to-back champions, the Mapua ECE Cisco Track Team-Basic Category was hailed as the 2010 CISCO National Skills Competition winners, retaining the championship title made by last year’s contestants. Jian Carlo Zapata (ECE-4), team captain, was awarded as the Second Highest Individual Scorer in the Written Exam Category. Zapata was joined by Agatha Marie Alarilla (ECE-3) and William Regala Jr. (ECE-4). John Mark Cornilla, CCNP, mentored the team to victory. Winners were awarded with P15,000 cash prize and Linksys routers courtesy of CISCO Philippines. The team from the Advanced Category, composed of Armel Jason Gabrinao (ECE-4), Kenneth Pacis (ECE-4), and Gemric Sheldon Sumague bagged second runner-up in 2010 CISCO National Skills contest and was awarded with P10,000 cash prize. Engr. Emma-Ruth Tiong coached the Advanced Category team. To date, Mapúa Institute of Technology has been acclaimed as the only academy to offer Instructor Training for CCNA Security, being the sole CISCO Academy Training Center for CCNA Security in South Asia.