The Making of

Filipino
Entrepreneur
Saturday Group
JD Abaneza
Jhondie “JD” Abaneza is a Filipino Technology
Entrepreneur. He is a proud Computing Graduate Major
in Computer Science in Technological University of the
Philippines and a graduate of Entrepreneurship at
ASEAN Global Leadership Program.

He has a wide range of technical skills from mobile,

apps, ecommerce, servers to development of custom
web Content Management System (CMS).
ZEENOH
• Philippine based game designing studio, Zeenoh, has
been gaining much attention for its innovative and
highly creative Filipino inspired game called
“Nightfall”- a first person survival game that features
very Pinoy elements like Aswang, White Lady, and
Paring Pugot.
Founder of Zeenoh
• All this achievement would be nothing of JD Abaneza
if he did not push through his dreams and started out
of the game designing studio in 2008.
• He is a young dreamer and a young achiever of the
PCCI Outstanding Young Entrepreneur Award.
• He believes that there is still more to achieve than
where he is today.
• JD just like most kids, found his love for games at a
young age. When he was 7 years old, he dreamed of
creating video games himselfand even owning his very
own studio.

• In 2004, he took up software development and worked

on multiple developer roles on several companies,
both full time and freelance.
• In 2008, he started out Zeenoh, where he created
original games that are made available on smart
phones.
• He took third-party game development projects and
hired more people to help him out on his
entrepreneurial venture.
• In 2010, his small theme released “Patintero
Playtime”, a Filipino themed game that was made
available in IOS.
• In 2015, Zeenoh has released their most ambitious
game to date, “Nightfall”, and JD recently bagged an
awards for his achievements.
• Roughly 24 years later, he is managing a company
that boasts itself with creative and passionate
people, creating games inspired by their very own
culture and heritage.

• As for what’s next to his gaming studio, JD says that

they are more than ready to release the full version
of “Nightfall” early 2016, as well as the early access
of their new game entitled “Orient Blade”.
“PCCI’s Outstanding Young
Entrepreneur of 2015,
ASEAN Best Innovative
SME of 2016 and Two- Time
Finalist of Asia CEO Awards
for the Young Leader of the
Year 2016/2017”
Experiences:
• Founder, Chairman and CEO of ZEENOH Inc.
• Chairman of IGDA Philippines
• Board Member of GDAP
• Technical Working Group (ASEAN Mentors
Entrepreneurs Network)
• Committee Member of EU-Phil.
• Co-founder and Chairman of Kotseking Motors Corp.
• IT Consultant
• Senior Web Developer
• PHP Developer