Dr. Armand R Cacacho

Dr. Armand Cacacho is an independent board member with expertise and training in the built environment, real estate, renewable energy, and mortgage finance industries leveraging technology. With a distinguished career spanning over 30 years including international, strategy, risk management, recruiting, staffing, and profit and loss management, he brings a wealth of experience and leadership to the boardroom.

He is a Member and Certified Board Director (NACD.DC) of the National Association of Corporate Directors USA. He holds the Sr. Accredited Board Director (SID-SrAD) designation from the Singapore Institute of Directors, and Fellow (FICD) and Teaching Faculty member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Philippines, the country being one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia. His international portfolio provides him with a global perspective, invaluable in navigating the complexities of today’s interconnected business landscape. His board service has included two joint venture boards in the built-environment industry in the US: one was formed by a Fortune 200 legacy corporation business unit where he served as Vice Chairman, and the other was a company that was bought by a British publicly-listed multinational company that entered the U.S. market. Additionally, he served on committees of two California non-profit organizations serving as Committee Chairman and as Co-Chairman on the other. He serves on the board of a foundation of one of the largest cooperatives in the Philippines.

As Teaching Faculty member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Philippines, he has delivered continuing director education masterclasses on innovation strategies to over a thousand board directors, C-Suite, and other senior executives of publicly-listed and multinational corporations in Asia.

Post-MBA education included Strategy & Innovation Specialty (Stanford Graduate School of Business), Global Management & Business (Stanford University), Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies Program (Stanford School of Engineering), Disruptive Innovation Strategy & Entrepreneurship Programs (Harvard Business School), Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Science Programs (DeepLearning.AI, The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins University), and Exponential Technologies (Singularity University, Silicon Valley). He received a Ph.D. in Management and Leadership from The Thames International University, Paris, France (h.c.) and he is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the USA. 

Armand was recognized by the late President George H. W. Bush for his leadership in the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and won awards from various industry and professional organizations in the USA. One of his projects was featured in a UK-based airport technology magazine (www.airport-technology.com/projects/sacramento-international-airport/) along with his alliance partners on the project. He and his business were also recognized with a permanent bronze plaque on the wall of San Francisco International Airport in California.