Sheer hard work and determination paid off for Engineer Edilberto P. Carabbacan with his designation as OIC-Regional Director of the Cordillera Autonomous Region in September 2010.

He has been practicing his civil engineering profession in the government service right after graduating from college. He rose from the ranks starting as Civil Engineering Aide in 1972 at the Nueva Vizcaya Engineering District of the then Bureau of Public Works wherein he devoted nineteen years with various engineering positions until his promotion as Assistant District Engineer in May 1979 up to October 1991. He then served the DPWH-Ifugao Engineering District as District Engineer from October 1991 to January 1997.

From then on, he served the DPWH-Cordillera Administrative Region as Assistant Regional Director from 1997 to 2002 and later on as one of the two Regional Directors of the DPWH Northern Luzon.

Director Carabbacan has attended numerous trainings and seminars sponsored by various agencies and institutions like Total Quality Management for Executives, Management Development for Executives, Asian Infrastructure, Sustainable Development and Project Management, Project Management Course and Professional Growth Through Value Clarification for Executives, among others.

In addition to his services to the government, he has been serving the Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity, Bayombong Nueva Vizcaya as Grand Chancellor since 1970; Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, Nueva Viscaya Lodge No. 144 as Worshipful Master since 1972; Pugad Lawin Philippines, Inc. as President since 1990 and Mount Pulag Lions Club as Vice President in 2000. He was also elected President of the St. Mary’s University Alumni Association in 2004.

His rich experience in his chosen field has earned him recognition from various agencies and institutions. His awards and distinctions include Most Outstanding District Deputy Grandmaster from the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines in 1991; District Engineer of the Year from the DPWH-CAR in 1993; Outstanding Achievement Award as President Pugad Lawin sa Viscaya from the Pugad Lawin Philippines, Inc. in 1994; Outstanding Alumnus Award (Government Service) from the Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Association in 1996; and Outstanding Alumni for Professional Achievement from the Saint Mary’s University Diamond Jubilee in 2003.

Director Carabbacan clearly showed his innate intelligence during his   elementary and high school days by graduating Valedictorian in 1961 and 1966, respectively. He then entered college as a full scholar and eventually graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Saint Mary’s University in 1971. In that same year, he was the 12^th Placer in the Civil Engineers Licensure Examination.

He obtained his Master in Management Engineering in 2006 from Saint Mary’s University. He earned 18 units in Master in Business Administration in 1989 also from Saint Mary’s University.

He emerged as the 3^rd placer in the First DPWH-wide Management Aptitude Test Battery (MATB) Examination in 1997. He was conferred with Career Executive Service Officer Rank IV on April 1997.