Mr Jayvee Santos Regional Coordinator for the PacificASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD

Mr. Jayvee Santos, from the Philippines, has been working with UNCTAD in 2018 and is based in Suva, Fiji, where he oversees ASYCUDA projects and technical assistance in 15 countries and territories in the Pacific region.

Before joining UNCTAD, he worked as a software developer with Unisys developing applications for banks in Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. Prior to his current appointment, Jayvee started his career with UNCTAD as a local project staff and later as project manager in the Philippine Tax Computerization Project from 1997-2000. He served as an ASYCUDA IT Expert from 2001-2018 working with more than 20 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including leading the implementation of ASYCUDA in Timor-Leste from 2002 to 2006 and in Fiji from 2014 to 2017. He brings with him extensive experience working on customs reform, modernization, and automation.

Jayvee studied public management in the University of the Philippines and computer science in Ateneo de Manila.

7th June, Wednesday

Time	Session

11:15 12:30	Session 6: Leveraging digitization and technology to harmonize procedures and solutions for a global transport network Mr Tejo KusumaTechnical OfficerWCO Moderator Technical OfficerWCO Mr Lati MatataDirectorPostal Technology Centre, Universal Postal Union Speaker DirectorPostal Technology Centre, Universal Postal Union Mr Norbert KouwenhovenSpecial Advisor for Strategy and InnovationDutch Customs Speaker Special Advisor for Strategy and InnovationDutch Customs Mr Jayvee SantosRegional Coordinator for the PacificASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD Speaker Regional Coordinator for the PacificASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD Mr Yuji SakuraiDeputy Manager for Logistics and Postal SolutionToshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Co. Speaker Deputy Manager for Logistics and Postal SolutionToshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Co.

Time

Session

11:15

12:30

Session 6: Leveraging digitization and technology to harmonize procedures and solutions for a global transport network

Mr Tejo KusumaTechnical OfficerWCO Moderator Technical OfficerWCO

Mr Lati MatataDirectorPostal Technology Centre, Universal Postal Union Speaker DirectorPostal Technology Centre, Universal Postal Union

Mr Norbert KouwenhovenSpecial Advisor for Strategy and InnovationDutch Customs Speaker Special Advisor for Strategy and InnovationDutch Customs

Mr Jayvee SantosRegional Coordinator for the PacificASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD Speaker Regional Coordinator for the PacificASYCUDA Programme, UNCTAD

Mr Yuji SakuraiDeputy Manager for Logistics and Postal SolutionToshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Co. Speaker Deputy Manager for Logistics and Postal SolutionToshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Co.