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Empowered Personality Development (EPD) is an executive-coaching organization  founded in 2002 by its General Manager, Joseph Plazo and managing partners Engr. Norberto Claudio,  and Ms. Charima Johnson. 

EPD offers monthly workshops, certificate courses, executive coaching, training programs and  self-help products imported from various countries. The firm's thrust is  Total Human Development.

Today, the organization constantly expands its business alliances with overseas wellness companies to provide ever expanding  services.

Your empowerment is our business.

Your  Core Consultants

Joseph Plazo is an architecture graduate with a passion for people. He accomplished his Master of Business Administration from UP in 2002 and  Ph.D from BSU in 2005. He is also an EC-Council Certified E-Business Associate and a practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP). 

Since the onset of  the millennium, Joseph  conducted  intense soft-skills workshops for companies, schools and  individuals.  Many were pro-bono. He authored five self-help books and hundreds of internet-published articles.  Spare time is not down-time:  Joseph reads, airsofts and creates  radionic devices on the side.  

Joseph has one goal: to touch countless souls... and Make Life Magic

Judith Claridades, MBA

A ranking government officer in an American establishment, Judith oversees veteran compensations and approval. During her free time, she trains individuals and corporate teams. Her passions include debate, argumentation, communications and books. 

Dr. Joy B. Barredo, D.A.L.L. finished her degree in Doctor of Arts in Language and Literature with a 4.0 GPA, as well as her Master of Arts in Language and Literature and AB-Literature. She taught literature, and art appreciation.  She has published scholarly articles and delivered lectures here and abroad.

Aside from her academic endeavours, she also coaches a number of people in politics to improve their communication skills and conducts training on the said topic all over the country.

She believes that people should continue pursuing growth in every aspect of their lives. Education is foremost on her list. Her travels have exposed her to
a myriad of cultures and experiences, which have equipped her to share with others a deeper understanding of human beings, and how best to communicate with people regardless of gender, age, race or status.

Thom Cannon is an accomplished IT consultant and Life Coach from the United Kingdom. Thom  provides the managing team with tech related savvy.

Converse with Thom and you'll delight tapping a bottomless well of encyclopedic data. He can carry a discussion on virtually any topic. Be it hacking secure networks or social engineering a client.

Don't let Thom's Hugh Grant similarities get your guard down. He's one sharp fella!

Visit his sites at CoachCom.org

Arch. Erico Abordo, MPA He's a photography buff, travel bug, and gadget freak, Mr. Abordo finished his degree in Architecture and topped it with an Masters in
Urban Planning He's a full time official with the Department of Public Works and Highways.

Erico loves new experiences, new people, new sensations. Expect him to be at remote festivals, clicking away at his SLR- and winning photog competitions with it.

His specialization is team building and blogging. Visit his blog at thedamnreviews.blogspot.com
 

Ricky Laudico, MBA earned his degree in Mass Communications at the University of Asia and the Pacific.  He then pursued a career in Advertising where he devoted much of his time into brand building; handling major accounts and engineering powerful strategies through segmenting, targeting, and positioning which further boosted the brand’s market share.  Some years later, Ricky completed the MBA program offered by the University of the Philippines where he gained an accelerated appreciation for sustainable marketing strategies in acquiring competitive power.  He is a firm believer that individuals are also brands or products whose success in tapping opportunities is decided by excellent marketing efforts.

Ricky successfully ventured into entrepreneurship year of 2005. He owns the wildly successful Sumosam at Shangrila, Edsa and the classy Ten Titas bistro at GatewayMall. Together with business partner/actor Marvin Agustin, Ricky had been reaching for the heavens... and then some!

Currently,  Ricky’s eBook under development, “Leadership by Example:  Creating Corporate Clones” is set to début this summer.  This book is a journey towards self-improvement, and the reader is expected to rise above his current station in life or at the very least possess a greater and deeper understanding of sustaining power, dominating competition, and the fine line between management and manipulation in the workplace and beyond. Stories are drawn from past and present political and business leaders, and their most essential qualities are dissected and internalized.  Away from his busy schedule, Ricky enjoys oil painting and playing golf.     

Norberto Claudio Jr.,MBA is a professional manager with more than a decade of experience in the Telecommunications and transport industries, as well as the academe. He is currently the Head of Business Development for BayanTel’s Carrier and Wholesale Markets and a part-time lecturer on Computer Networks at the Dela Salle University- College of St. Benilde.

A Managing Partner of the Company, Jobet began learning the Persuasive applications of Neuro-Linguistic Programming in 1996, and has since pioneered innovations in the art. His writings on persuasion have found their way on various websites on across the Internet. He is likewise the author of two currently freeware self-improvement products namely MLF da Babe and MLF da Money.

Jobet holds an MBA from the Ateneo de Manila University at Rockwell and a BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Santo Tomas.

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Joseph R. Plazo

General Manager

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