About Distant Support Virtual Assistants
Distant Support Virtual Assistants was formally founded in 2006 by Jonathan Gabriel,
who brings years of experience in administrative, creative and actual virtual
assistant skills to the business. Distant Support aims to provide quality virtual
support to entrepreneurs and executives alike, with services ranging from general
administrative to creative and marketing solutions, at very competitive prices
and quick turnaround times.
About Jonathan Gabriel
Jonathan has over 10 years of corporate experience from a variety of industries
such as marine export, international product certifications and personal care
consumer products. A degree holder in Industrial Engineering, he has worked and
traveled in several countries such as Palau, Yap FSM, Guam, USA, Japan, India,
China and South Korea. His experience in the field includes general administrative,
personnel relations, information technology and entrepreneurship. His career as a
part-time virtual assistant started in 2000 while working as an administrative
assistant in the Republic of Palau. He is equally adept in two languages, English
and Tagalog.
In 2005, Jonathan was featured in a Korean industry newspaper, called
The Electronic Times, highlighting his achievement as the first Filipino
contracted by a Korean company under the Special Skills visa category. He was
also interviewed and featured in the January 2008 issue of
Reader's Digest Asia regarding the virtual assistant industry (read his
article
here).
A native of the Philippines, Jonathan is currently a moderator of the
Entrepreneur Philippines
Business Exchange board and an active member of the several other forums, including the
Virtual Assistant Network Association
(VANA), and the
Virtual Assistance Chamber of Commerce. As an entrepreneur, he is the owner of
Distant Support Virtual
Assistants and Karitela Bakeshop (Philippines).