Niki was christened with a name Rosalina Portillo, born in the family of four siblings on 23 September 1969. She was fondly called “Sally” by her parents, Antonio Vergara Portillo Sr. and Lina Guzman Cabling. She was born on the same month and day of her mother’s birthdate, thus, the origin of her name.  Her other siblings are Orlando C. Portillo, Marlyn C. Portillo and Antonio C. Portillo, Jr.  She has an only child, Antonii Sergie P. Guasis. Her former husband died last 2015 which she was estranged for 21 years.

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Portillo is a surname of Castilian origin, specifically San Vicente de la Barquera in Santander, Spain. The name literally means “small port”, from Latin portus.

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This English, French, Spanish and Italian surname PORTILLO was a topographic name for someone who lived near the gates of a town (and in many cases in charge of them). The name was derived from the Old French word PORTE and rendered in medieval documents in the Latin form PORTA. It was also a name applied to someone who lived near a harbour or in a market town. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names.

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Curriculum Vitae

Niki was educated in the Philippines; she had her primary and secondary education in the Catholic school. She had two semesters for Bachelor of Science (BSc.) in Journalism degree in Lyceum University under the varsity scholarship program. Other formal and informal education was conducted directly in the workplace as a staff and marketing trainee in the hotel and restaurant in Makati and Manila.  

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The sales and marketing background in hotel and restaurant paved way for hotel managerial job in 48 villas in Lovina – Singaraja, and sales and marketing manager position for 58 villas in Ubud. Her career advancement developed in non-hotel business, as a business development manager for several projects and business intiatives such as sole agent for Jakarta newspaper, spa concept for 5-star hotel in Nusa Dua, hotel newsletter production, and providing business proposal, marketing plan and financial report for individual clients. She was mentored by a Balinese couple, both university teacher in Accounting and Economics. The male mentor has a PhD in Tourism Studies, an MHA (Management in Hospitality Administration) degree and Economics major, his business and organization network provided an access for Niki to learn and experience various platforms in bureaucratic and business administration system. Niki was assigned as the Executive Secretary and Program Manager in Bali Tourism Board, personal assistant for the Secretary General for his post in the Bali Hotels and Restaurants Association, and coordinator for the SME Head Division in Bali Chamber of Commerce and Industry organization. At 2012-2014, Niki contributed her organizational experience to assist the President of the Indonesian Chef Association, until now, Niki is still a member.

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Skills

• Proposals and Business Planning: Five Year Business Plan, Marketing Plan and Budget, Project Planning and Budget, Event Organizing Planning and Budget

• Management Systems: Database, Corporate Designs

• Computer Literacy: Windows Document, Excel, Filemarker Database, Adobe Photoshop, Coreldraw

• Reports: Database and Excel Summary Report for Financial Report (Cash, Bank, Journal/Ledger, SalesInvoice, Account Receivable, Stock Report, Member’s List and so on).

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