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Responsibility:
 

Shall serve as Assistant Secretary for Technical Services (Bureau of Construction [BOC], and Bureau of Maintenance [BOM]). He shall also act as Chairman of the Extraordinary Claim Review Committee (ECRC).

Contact Information:
 

Telephone:

+632-304-3577

+632-304-3489

 

Fax:

+632-304-3536

  Asst. Secretary Dimas S. Soguilon
 
   

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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