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Profile
DIMAS
SALES SOGUILON
is considered one of the few men in the DPWH who practically rose
from the ranks and ascended the ladder towards achieving the level
of Assistant Secretary in a short span of time. Prior to his recent
promotion, he led one of the most dynamic Regional Offices in the
country -
DPWH Region XI.
In November 1976,
he started working in the Department of Public Highways-Region IV-B
as a daily wage-earning draftsman, while continuing his civil
engineering studies at the University of the East. On August 1,
1978, he became a permanent employee in the government service with
the position of Civil Engineer.
From then on he
began climbing the career ladder at a remarkable rate. On November
18, 1991, only nine months after being appointed as Assistant
District Engineer, he became the District Engineer of SMMED-NCR-DPWH.
On February 11,
1993, he headed towards Southern Mindanao to lead the DPWH XI
Sarangani Engineering District Office. He is not at all a stranger
in the region since he was born and raised in nearby Tupi, South
Cotabato. District Engineer Soguilon led this new district to the
number one spot in the Annual Rating for Quality Control in Project
Implementation in 1995 and for that he was awarded as Most
Outstanding District Engineer in the Philippines during its annual
DPWH anniversary. He later duplicated his feat when he was
re-assigned to Laguna where he made the DPWH IV-A Laguna District
Engineering Office number one in the same category for three
consecutive years, from CY-1996 to 1998.
He also got an
outstanding rating in the Career Executive Service Performance
Evaluation System from CY-1998 to 2000.
His impressive
performance propelled his career further as he was appointed
Assistant Regional Director on February 3, 1999 and was assigned to
Region XI. He became Regional Director in the same regional office
on January 3, 2002.
Through the years
he honed his knowledge and skills by taking up and completing his
Master in Public Administration from 1994 to 1998. He also attended
various training courses and events such as Seminar/Workshop on
Moral Dimensions & Dynamics, Seminar/Workshop on Management Course
for District Engineers, Seminar on Prevention of Graft and
Corruption, Seminar on Road Safety, Seminar/Workshop on the
Preparation of the Annual Maintenance Work Program, Mindanao
Highways System Summit, Training Programme on Earthquake Engineering
and Disaster Management for Establishing a Building Administration
System in the Philippines, Moral Recovery Program and many more. He
further polished his leadership skills by attending training courses
for executives such as Professional Growth Through Value
Clarification, Total Quality Management, Management Development and
Microsoft Office Application and Internet Proficiency.
Assistant
Secretary Soguilon’s endearing trait is his ability to reach out to
the lowest ranking employee, believing that “the quality and
utilization of the organization’s resources are almost always
affected by the decisions about and by human resources”. For him
“work accomplishment is people based and is characterized by…
respect for the individual and family well-being.” He also advocates
for constant innovation to address the various issues of
globalization and other environmental changes. Thus, the
chairmanship of the Department's Sub-Change Management Team for the
realization of Executive Order 366, also known as the Program on
Rationalizing and Improving Public Service Delivery, is a timely
assignment for him.
In his helm at
Southern Mindanao Region, he was able to sustain excellent
performance in project implementation in the region - earning him
the respect and admiration of higher officials and colleagues in the
Department.
Assistant
Secretary Dimas Soguilon
was born on October 19, 1955, to Jovito and Fructuosa - both from
Aklan. He is happily married to Nilda V. Juan and a doting father to
only child, Kristine Ann.
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