Christian Than-Ivan E. Guzman

Deck Cadet & Educational Content Creator at Maritime Industry

Speaker

Ivan Guzman graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Transportation degree and was named the Most Outstanding Student in 2022 at John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University Arevalo, Inc. He began his career in the maritime field and embarked on his first vessel in 2020 as part of the cadetship program with Pacific Basin Maritime Inc. He demonstrated his leadership passion by serving as the President of the Student Executive Council of JBLFMU-Arevalo Inc. in 2019 and being recognized as one of the Ayala Young Leaders in 2020. In 2022, he was honored as one of The Outstanding Students of Iloilo. Professionally, Ivan is a seafarer, and he is also an educational content creator on TikTok Philippines, with over 3 million followers across all his social media platforms. He uses his platform to share his maritime experiences and knowledge, inspiring and motivating the younger generation and those aspiring to join the maritime field. Currently he is pursuing his license as Officer In-Charge of Navigational Watch as future deck officer and has been working with Pacific Basin Maritime Inc. for 3 years.