What is First Quadrant
Each of
us resides in at least one of the four quadrants of the money quadrant. Where
we are is determined by where our money comes from. Employees and self-employed
individuals reside on the left side of the quadrant. The right side of the
quadrant is for individual who receive their money from businesses they own
or investments they own.
The quadrant is about the four different types of people who makes up the world of business. The First Quadrant is the Business Quadrant, the quadrant where CASH FLOW!
The First
Quadrant is for people who are ready to make changes in their lives, people
who are ready to build their own pipelines to move beyond job security and
begin to achieve financial security. It is not easy life's path but the reward
at the end of the journey is worth the journey. It is the journey to financial
freedom.
We are in the dawning of the Information Age and this age will offer more
opportunities than ever before for financial reward. Individuals in the First
Quadrant will be the first ones to identify and seize those opportunities.
The Story of First Quadrant Philippines, Inc.
Don Laureano Guevara
According to family history, it all began with Don Laureano Guevara who lived in Marikina in the late 1800s. Marikina then was an agricultural community and Don Laureano, popularly known as Kapitan Moy, was one of its prominent hacenderos. They say he traveled to Europe and brought home a pair of leather shoes.
One day the show needed repair so Kapitan Moy and a friend, Tiburcio Eustaquio, sat down to see what they could do. They ended up taking the show apart and putting it back together again. When they succeeded in putting the shoe back together again, they knew that they could venture into the manufacture of footwear.
Kapitan Moy did not dream of turning Marikina into the shoe capital of the Philippines. At the time, he was simply seeking to improve his farmers' productivity. He thought, maybe, they could make shoes in that dead season between planting and harvesting crops. Maybe this way, they could improve their lives. This impetus led to the founding of the Marikina shoe industry.
Company Profile
First Quadrant Philippines, Inc. has arrived! FQPI is envisioned to be the foremost direct-to-consumer company in the country that markets classy, stylish, high quality, and resonably priced footware, leathergoods, and fashion accessories. With the company's unique mix of prominent labels, an assortment of product lines, an outstanding marketing plan, insurance protection, worldwide recognition, and a philosophy directed at helping people achieve financial freedom, FQPI offers people from all walks of life a chance to achieve sucess and make their cherished dreams a reality.
Although FQPI is a relatively new company, the directors behind are scions of renowned pillars in the shoemaking industry and are experts in the fields of : Manufacturing, Retailing, and freight Forwarding. They also a recognized key player in the field of Network Marketing and Direct Selling.
The company's directors also pride themselves in the fact that they are descendants of Laureano Guevarra, or more popularly known in Marikina as "Kapitan Moy", the acknowledged founder of the Philippine Shoe Industry. Backed by 38 solid years of manufacturing esperience, the foorware styles of FQPI has long been recognized for its harmonic juxtaposition of current trends in international fashion and the shoemaking tradition of Marikina which makes each shoes of First Quadrant Philippines, Inc. a truly remarkable footware creation.
At present, hand-made craftmanship is augmented by shoe-making machineries which the company acquired from Lampomachine International, an Italian engineering firm. This technical innovation not only increased the volume of production, but also enhanced and systematized the standard quality of manufactured shoes. FQPI is also working closely with PK Consult Ltd., a German Consulting Firm with expertise on the technical aspect of shoe manufacturing, for its continuous upgrading. Exports to Europe, United States, United Kingdom, and Australia attest to the quality of their shoes.
FQPI's directors are also regular participants in international shoe fairs and expositions in the United States, Europe, and Hongkong which updates them in the latest trends in shoe design and manufacturing techniques.
A tradition
of excellent. Four decades of experience. A lifetime of success and financial
freedom for every Filipinos. FIRST QUADRANT PHILIPPINES, INC.
Behind the First Quadrant
SOCRATES
SD. TUMPALAN
Chairman
Educated in the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Manila University for 16 years, Mr. Tumpalan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Business Management. He has a unique mix of expertise in the fields of operations, business management, and information technology, which he has acquired over the years that he has been connected with various local and foreign companies. He has an extensive knowledge in operations, spefically in freight forwarding, warehousing, and shipping, being the General Manager of LBC International for 5 years. He has business management skills particularly in the areas of product planning and control, specializing in foorware and apparels, which he has gained through formal trainings abroad and experience. He also possesses a variety of skills in IT, specially in strategic IT.
RHODORA
TACTACAN-TUMPALAN
President
A graduate of Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Maryknoll College, Mrs. Tumpalan has been in the marketing sector for the past 12 years mainly in the Philippine Shoe Industry. She took in depth training under 4 foreign consultants who are specialists in their fields: Peter Kern - a German shoe manufacturing technology expert from PK Consult; Sigfried Laure - a German shoe last master from Fagus; Marco Nesti - an italian shoe designer from Pakerson; and Adeline Lenkek - a German shoe designer from Salamander. Mrs. Tumpalan is currently one of the leading shoe fashion trends and market information consultant in the country, having represented the Philippines in various trade fairs, expositions, and conventions in Asia and the United States. Apart from this, she is also the General Manager of the Family-owned D. Tactacan Shoe Manufacturing Plant.
JULIE
ROSE TACTACAN-DEFENSOR
Managing Director/Corporate Secretary
An authority in the field of shoe designing, Mrs. Defensor has been producing elegant footware creations for the family owned D. Tactacan Shoe Manufacturing Plant for the past 5 years. Her designs are found not only in famous boutiques all over Metro Manila, but as well as in Australia and the Unit12345789014357981234567890 asfqwetasdbnb31234
