Karen Rey

Karen holds a Bachelor of Secondary Education degree at Central Philippine University and a Master of Arts in Media Studies, major in Film, from the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI), Diliman. 

An Educator, Author, growing Filmmaker, Workshop Trainer, and Host for podcasts, radio, and live events, Karen brings over 16 years of multidisciplinary experience across both private and public sectors. Her work has spanned teaching in academic institutions, delivering strategic support within the Philippine government, and creating training platforms for meaningful dialogue and engagement. Her experiences also includes coaching, content development, and entrepreneurship endeavors. She has designed training modules, facilitated workshops, been invited as a resource speaker, authored and published a memoir, written scripts, and produced passion-project short films. Karen is committed to empowering individuals towards growth, wholeness, creativity, leadership, and purpose-filled lives.

Khosrow Khosravani

Koz has designed boot-camp-type fast-track Web Mastering programs for both UCLA and UC-Irvine to benefit those who want to learn about all aspects of website design, construction, and implementation – all in one intense week.

His area of specialization includes educational technology, e-business security & back-end integration, cybersecurity consulting, AI/ML LLM tweak & integration, distributed relational database management systems, wireless technologies, networking, web development, and distributed applications.

Koz is currently teaching AI, Data Sciences and Digital Transformation at UCSD and UCLA divisions of extended studies, training students worldwide.

Koz taught a variety of Educational and Instructional Technology courses, including the Internet for Educators, Online Research for Educators, and Advanced Microcomputers in the Classroom (Clear Credential).

Koz has been a keynote speaker at various colleges and universities (audiences as large as 14,000 attendees) and has shared the stage with two Presidents of the United States, and presidents of UCLA, Princeton and other institutions of higher education. 

Koz designed and deployed a variety of short business workshops and consulting sessions in the areas of negotiations, communications, business management, MIS, and investments. In addition, he has served on the UCI and UCLA Extension School’s advisory committees to develop certificate programs in E-Business and Educational Technology.

Koz created a new program at UCI Extension (2000-2001) entitled “E-Commerce for Entrepreneurs & Small Business Owners”. He also taught E-Business Technology overview, E-Business Back-end Integration, and E-Business Security for UCI’s Business division. On a lower “system” level, Koz taught VAX-Macro systems programming and Macro-11 at Harvard University.

He has served on the UCLA Alumni Association Board of Directors, UCLA Wooden Athletic Center Board of Governors, UCLA’s Executive Vice Chancellor’s Academic Planning & Budget Advisory Committee (APBAC), UCLA Academic Senate’s Professional School’s Restructuring Committees, and UCSA Board of Governors, as well as other educational and social organization’s governing boards.

Erwin T. Romulo

Erwin T. Romulo (born 1976, Philippines) is a curator, writer, filmmaker and musician. His body of work is a form of cultural production: merging genres, disciplines and media to examine how history shapes contemporary thought and experience.

In 2023, he curated Parallel Histories, a juxtaposition of moving image works from the Philippines and the United Kingdom from 1992 to 2013, organized with the British Council at the Metropolitan Museum of Manila and at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. The following year, he participated in Jumpcut (5): Videoke Philippinen at Daadgalerie Berlin, where his collective Furball presented an interactive video installation. His most recent project Greatest Hits (2025) featured new musical instruments, stereo boomboxes, and the Furball videoke machine, all exploring Metro Manila’s soundscape from the 1980s to today.

Romulo’s curatorial strategies often bring together people from diverse fields, researching archives and pop culture, aspiring to generate new scholarship and public
dialogue. To date, he has curated 20 exhibitions. His personal artistic practice experiments with sound and the moving image, reimagining the interplay between technology, performance, and the sonic textures of both urban and rural environments. He has exhibited in galleries and art spaces around the Philippines.

As a film composer, Romulo has received multiple awards for On the Job and Buy Bust (2013 and 2018, directed by Erik Matti), and Hele sa Hiwagang Hapis (2016, directed by Lav Diaz). He also supports a new generation of independent filmmakers, serving as producer of Martika Escobar and film scorer for Whammy Alcazaren. With film critic Philbert Dy, he co-founded Unconfined Cinema, an initiative that presents cinema through alternative platforms. Outside of film his music compositions range from collaborations with rock bands like the Eraserheads and Parokya ni Edgar to ballets such as Opera (2016) and Limang Daan (2024).

Romulo’s wide-ranging literary contributions include his tenure as editor-in-chief of Esquire Philippines (2011-2015) and a Don Carlos Palanca Award for Essay in English. His latest contribution is the introduction to the new edition of Erwin Castillo’s novel The Firewalkers (originally published 1992) for Exploding Galaxies; a publisher committed to republishing out-of-print lost classics of Philippine literature. He continues to write for art folios and various publications.

He is based in Pasig and La Union, municipalities in the Philippines.

Byron Atienza

Byron Atienza is an Award-Winning Filipino-American Executive Creative Director and Filmmaker. Previously running creative at Spotify Studios and Capitol Music Group, Byron is currently working in the music & tech space and recently founded A Bunch of Savages, a collective championing Filipino-American creatives. He has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Halsey, Chris Brown, Barry Gibb, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Queens of the Stone Age, ASAP Rocky, and The Notorious B.I.G. Estate.

Byron has lived, worked, and roamed the byways of South Africa, Mexico City, and the Philippines. In the UK, he was tapped to direct Spotify’s first feature-length concert Paul McCartney’s Under The Staircase, which was filmed in Abbey Road’s iconic Studio 2, the studio in which so many of The Beatles’ classic tracks were recorded.

His four-part docs-series New Cash Order on CASH MONEY RECORDS, which he wrote and executive produced, debuted exclusively on RapCaviar. As a Director and Photographer, he has shot various campaigns for Nike, Absolut, Jameson, Chivas, VICE, and W hotels. His Fashion Films have debuted on Vogue, Lʼofficiel, and Flaunt, and his music videos have been featured on MTV. 

His recent creative direction for Paul McCartney’s music video “Find My Way” featuring Beck was an official selection of EnergaCAMERIMAGE and nominated for a UK Music Video Award. 

The son of an acrylics & oil painter and a businesswoman, Byron has an innate understanding of creativity as it intersects with commerce.

*2020 Clio Award: McCartney III – Campaign Creative