Darrel Mercado-Villanueva

Darrel Mercado-Villanueva has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies. Darrel started their career at Extelcom as a Marketing Coordinator in 1994 before moving on to Bayan Telecommunications as an Assistant Product Manager in 1995. From 1999 to 2001, they worked as a Product Manager at One Hundred Services, Inc. Following that, they joined Sonera Zed Corporation in 2001, where they served as a Business Development Manager until 2002. Darrel then returned to One Hundred Services, Inc. and held the position of Marketing Head from 2003 to 2008. In 2008, they joined ABS-CBN Interactive as the Blinko Head until 2009. Darrel continued their tenure at ABS-CBN Interactive, where they became Head of Content Management from 2010 to 2011. Darrel also had a brief stint at ABS-CBN as the Service Management and Mobile Games Head in 2011. From 2011 to 2013, they held the role of Head of Account Management Services at ABS-CBN Interactive, Inc. After that, they joined ABS-CBN Corporation in 2013 as an Account Manager for Star Creatives and Corporate until 2015, followed by a promotion to Head of Digital Account Management until 2020. Currently, they hold the position of Head of YouTube Video Operations and Strategy at ABS-CBN Corporation since September 2020.

Darrel Mercado-Villanueva attended the School of the Holy Spirit from 1986 to 1990, where they completed high school. Darrel then went on to study at Ateneo de Manila University from 1990 to 1994, earning a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Communication Arts.