March 22, 2026
The Philippines is about to spend billions on AI it doesn’t understand. The Philippine AI Report 2025 lays it out...
I’m Tom Tokita — co-founder and President of Aether Global Technology Inc., a Salesforce consulting firm in Manila. I’ve worn every hat in enterprise tech over the past 14 years. Along the way, I built an AI operations system to keep up with the work. Not planned. Engineered out of necessity.
Thoughts on AI strategy, technical implementation, and intelligent systems.
The Philippines is about to spend billions on AI it doesn’t understand. The Philippine AI Report 2025 lays it out...
Scroll through any tech feed right now and you’ll find it. “I built a full SaaS app in 20 minutes...
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Most tech leaders either write code or run the business. I ended up doing both — not by design, but because a lean consulting firm in Manila doesn’t come with a big support team. I admin our Google Workspace, configure our Jira, maintain our servers, built our website, and still help with delivery, marketing, and sales. That’s 10 roles before lunch. So I started building systems to keep up — and that’s how I got deep into AI operations.