Christopher Floro Dela Rosa, the I.T. Director of Mapua Institute of Technology ([2118]) has been the primemover of the said Institute in the launching of various I.T. driven initiatives. Started out in 2000, Mapua has gone a long way in its I.T. driven operations and services. The YGC member university has played a big role in leading universities and colleges in applying and adapting I.T. to enhance its operations and provide more student services.

Christopher is a graduate of the same institution he works for in 1996 with a degree in Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Two years later, he earned another bachelor's degree and took the licensure examinations for Electronics and Communications Engineers the same year. In 2002, he earned his Master of Engineering major in Computer Engineering degree. While pursuing his master's degree, teaching and handling I.T. are also his priorities. Devoting almost 14 hours of his time daily in school.

The projects handled by Christopher started with the design and implementation of the campus wide network of Mapua in June 2000 while taking part in the development of the curriculum along with Dean Milagros Luquingan, Engr. Danilo Tiongco, Engr. Noel Linsangan, and Engr. Joseph Keith Santos of the newly introduced Bachelor of Science in Computer Science program. The campus network was designed using Category 5e technology over a full-Cisco implementation as active equipment. With a relatively new technology in place, the advantage of the school over its network was maximized with the implementation of network enabled applications.

With the phase 1 and phase 2 of the Campus Network almost completed, the design and development of in-house developed applications for registration and cashiering started. Through his initiative, the campus was introduced to new methods of monitoring student performance, keeping student records, and maintaining student profiles. The use of the network was optimized, thereby, providing avenues for providing better services to students especially during enrollment.

The launch of the MAPUA website in January 2001, simultaneously held during the 76th Founding Anniversary of the Institute, started the presence of Mapua in the world wide web. The website underwent revisions to keep its presence updated and dynamic over the Internet. Version 4 is its current version, literally revising the site almost every year.

The strategic decision of the Institute to shift from the traditional Semestral system to the Quarter System put Christopher to the challenge. With a little over 3 months prior to full implementation of the Quarter System, the operations must be ready to embrance this new system. Studies were diligently made to address student services especially on registration. With a week break in between terms and at the same time serve as enrollment period, the system must be dynamic enough to launch this. New algorithms were implemented to make the system adaptive to the environment in such as way that all academic requirements are fully complied. In other words, full computerization was in full swing. New avenues were explored. The MY MAPUA was launched in June 2002, initially providing an avenue to view grades on-line. But, towards the end of the same year, MY MAPUA was also used for registration --- choosing courses and reserving sections on-line. By the middle of 2003, payments were also incorporated --- thus, making the MY MAPUA the first inter-active, fully on-line one stop shop enrollment system at the pleasure of the students.

June 2001 also saw the launch of the CARDINAL PLUS, the implementation of Smart Card technology in a school --- making the school the first SMART CAMPUS and making MAPUA the second organization to use wireless smart card technology. CARDINAL PLUS has been the de facto name of Smart Cards when implemented to schools and universities. Over the last years, other universities and colleges has adopted the same technology for identification.

In 2001, the MAPUATXT was also launched. MAPUA TXT is the first SMS based independent of providers SMS system. News, announcements, records, and other value added features are part of this. It does not matter whether students are using Globe or Smart, the system is adaptable to both.

In 2004, BISHOP is launched. The Broadband Internet System Hotspots for On-the-go People (BISHOP) makes Mapua a hot spot. This wireless service using IEEE 802.11 standard provides connectivity to students with out cables and wires for free!!! Students in both campuses of Mapua has benefitted on his new initiative.

Since his graduation in 1996, He devoted his life in the academe. He is a professor handling Computer Engineering major courses.

He has been active in student organizations being a member of the Engineering through Imagination and Research Academic Society (EIR-AS) and once its President, first as External Vice President and a year later the President of the Student Council of the School of EE-ECE-COE of Mapua and also serving as a board member of the Central Student Council.

Prior to this, he joined a software development company, named Worldwide Information System (WIS), as a Systems Analyst. His duty includes the study of new applications to be used for local governments. This stint was shortened when he opted to join the Continuing Education Program department of Mapua in 1998, the same year, as its Technical Supervisor and later as its Technical Manager. And in year 2000, his appointment, at the age of 25 years old, as the Director of the Development Office for Information Technology of Mapua gave him a bigger role in the Institute.