Gaming consoles presented Ragde Falcis, co-founder and chief executive officer, Gorated Innovation Labs, the gateway to embarking on a career in technology.

“I still vividly remember my older brothers playing Rockman on the family computer, and giving the controller to me every boss stage” he recalls. “After that first encounter with video games, I grew up chasing every possibility of playing computer games. Growing up, I remember walking a few kilometers to a newly opened spot where they were renting out PlayStations.”