DR. VIVENCIO BALLANO IS A PROFESSOR-SOCIOLOGIST AT ST. PAUL UNIVERSITY QUEZON CITY, LECTURER OF STRATEGIC GLOBAL MARKETING AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES (PUP MBA PROGRAM), SEASREP POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW, FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION (PASR) RESEARCH CONSULTANT, MEDIA PIRACY SPECIALIST, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR AND VISUAL ARTIST. Dr. Ballano is currently writing a research a book entitled "Sociological Perspectives on Media Piracy in the Philippines and Vietnam" under the top global academic publisher Springer Science+Business Media. He is also active in the social media. Connect with him at the following sites: Facebook @ Ven Ballano, Twitter@detectivebogart, Shots @venballano, Instagram@venballano, LinkedIn @Dr. Vivencio (Ven) Ballano) Acedemia.edu@Ven Ballano, Slideshare @Ven Ballano [email protected]/vballano, [email protected]/vballano.and other sites.