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The BuildProof coalition

The team behind your protection.

Accomplished professionals across construction, law, engineering, business, and media, united by one conviction. Filipino families deserve better.

Two hundred years of combined experience.

70+
Years in architecture
& construction
30+
Years in law &
financial governance
60+
Years building &
running businesses
40+
Years in media
& broadcast production
The team
Christian Standhardinger
Christian Standhardinger
Founder & CEO
Monique Tuzon-Basi
Monique Tuzon-Basi
Head of Content & Investigations
Justin Pavsic
Justin Pavsic
Head of Strategic Growth & Operations
Ron Domingo
Ron Domingo
Head of Production
Sophia Rosario
Sophia Rosario
Head of Client Relations & Growth
Jaella Magno
Jaella Magno
Head of Editorial & Research
The Vault
Alexus Lopez
Ar. Alexus Lopez
Founding Vault Architect
Advisors
Jay Banaag
Atty. Jay Banaag
Senior Advisor, Legal & Financial Governance
IDr. John Paolo Castro
IDr. Paolo Castro
Senior Advisor, Design Standards & Industry Relations
David Cruz
David Cruz
Strategic Advisor, Technology & Enterprise
Christian Standhardinger
Founder & CEO

Filipino-German entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with a degree in Marketing and International Business, a program ranked among the top 15 in the United States.

He played professionally across Europe and Asia, a four-time PBA champion and Gilas Pilipinas gold medalist. Alongside his playing career, he built and invested in businesses across several industries.

Today, he has made it his mission to ensure the Filipino community has access to the same building standards that are recognized internationally.

Monique Tuzon-Basi
Head of Content & Investigations

Head of Content & Investigations at BuildProof PH and an anchor and host at the Bilyonaryo News Channel, hosting The Daily Dish and anchoring Agenda.

Recognized for her impact in media, she was honored at the 10th Outstanding Men and Women of the Philippines 2026 (Huwarang Filipino Awards). She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Passionate about championing and uplifting the Filipino people. A Filipino-American who grew up in the United States and built her life in the Philippines, she brings a unique perspective shaped by both cultures. Her advocacy centers on empowering Filipinos, supporting communities, and creating opportunities that make lives better.

At BuildProof, she brings newsroom standards to consumer protection in Philippine construction.

Jay Banaag
Senior Advisor, Legal & Financial Governance

Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary at Union Bank of the Philippines. UP College of Law graduate.

Previously General Counsel at the Philippine Stock Exchange, where he oversaw the listings and disclosures of the country’s publicly traded companies, represented the Exchange before Congress and the Senate on capital market policy, and served as Officer-in-Charge of the Exchange in the absence of its President and CEO.

He brings decades of experience across banking law, capital markets, and corporate governance to BuildProof's legal and financial architecture.

Justin Pavsic
Head of Strategic Growth & Operations

Australian entrepreneur raised in Papua New Guinea in a family of builders and tradespeople. Graduate of the University of Wollongong in Australia.

He built businesses in property and trade, including his realty group in Las Vegas, before co-founding Staff Domain, a global workforce company with over 700 staff in the Philippines and South Africa, serving clients across Australia, the US, and the UK.

Behind Staff Domain is one conviction: teams in the Philippines can perform to the same or better standard as teams anywhere in the world. He brings that conviction, and the systems thinking behind a 700-person operation, to BuildProof's growth.

Sophia Rosario
Head of Client Relations & Growth

Relationship-driven sales professional with a background in luxury real estate, banking, and high-value client service.

As Head of Client Relations & Growth, she is the first voice every BuildProof family hears: she runs the assessment process, manages every client relationship, and operates the systems that keep every build's information flowing to its owners.

Ron Domingo
Head of Production

De La Salle College of Saint Benilde graduate in Multimedia Arts. Shareholder and Head of Post Production at Prodigy Ace Multimedia, Inc., a production house he helped build from its early days into one trusted by the world’s biggest brands, including Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), Megaworld Corporation, Nissan Philippines, Coca-Cola, BYD, Lalamove, and Nestlé Philippines.

With more than 12 years of broadcast-grade experience, he now leads BuildProof’s entire production operation and its crew, from first shoot to final cut, helping protect Filipino families’ biggest investment.

Alexus Lopez
Founding Vault Architect

The first architect admitted to the BuildProof Vault, and the standard every architect after him is measured against.

A second-generation architect with over 12 years of experience in design and project execution across residential and commercial developments. BS Architecture graduate of Adamson University. He grew up around Philippine construction and knows how builds succeed and how they fail.

And like every Vault architect, his projects answer to BuildProof’s independent oversight.

Jaella Magno
Head of Editorial & Research

Began her career as a writer at Rappler, the Nobel Peace Prize winning Philippine news organization founded by Maria Ressa, earning the position while still completing her degree at De La Salle University.

Founded Echo for Eco, an environmental conservation organization, and has directed every stage of its growth, from the institutional partnerships behind it to the network of advocates around the work.

She manages the research behind every BuildProof publication. Nothing goes out unless it can be sourced, checked, and defended.

David Cruz
Strategic Advisor, Technology & Enterprise

A veteran Filipino entrepreneur with decades of experience across technology manufacturing, distribution, and industrial supply, and the businessman behind Bluewave Global.

He brings a lifetime of supplier networks, negotiation experience, and hard-won commercial judgment to BuildProof, where he advises on partnerships and the materials side of protecting a build.

IDr. John Paolo Castro
Senior Advisor, Design Standards & Industry Relations

National President of the Philippine Institute of Interior Designers (PIID), the only government-accredited professional organization for licensed interior designers in the Philippines, representing over 4,000 members.

His board, the youngest in PIID’s 60-year history, was inducted at the Goldenberg Mansion within the Malacañang Palace grounds. Recognized by the Asia Pacific Space Designers Association, he brings the standards of the design profession's highest institution to BuildProof.

Two hundred years of combined experience.
One family at a time.

70+
Years in architecture & construction
30+
Years in law & financial governance
60+
Years building & running businesses
40+
Years in media & broadcast production
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