Ernesto was born in Manila, Philippines on May 9, 1940 to Gregorio and Natividad Yllano Poblacion. After graduating salutatorian from primary school, he enrolled at the University of Santo Tomas High School, run by the Dominican Fathers of Spain, where he was Class President for four years and involved in other extracurricular activities. Ernesto graduated Valedictorian.
After completing high school, he enrolled in the College of Engineering at Santo Tomas University where he took up electrical engineering. Ernesto was President of his class and also President of the Student Council. His parents were chosen to be “Parents of the Year” by the University, a great honor given to a student. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the College of Engineering at the age of twenty. Immediately after graduation, he taught at the College of Engineering, also at the University of Santo Tomas. His teaching job at the University was cut short when he was offered a Fulbright Scholarship to Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Ernesto came to the United States to start his Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and taught undergraduates at Stanford’s College of Engineering.
During the Vietnam War, he was recruited by the Ampex Company in Redwood City, California to be Chief Engineer, where he was involved in monitoring one of the earliest computers which analyzed data from Vietnam.
Returning to Manila in 1970, he worked as Chief Engineer at Stanford Associates. He later moved to Singapore to work for the tech company Intel. In 1971, Ernesto and his family returned to the U.S. where they settled in Los Gatos, California. He
continued to work for Intel and later worked for AMS, Advanced Memory Systems.
With James Ostendorff, Ernesto founded Dynavision, Inc. in 1979 in San Jose. Ernesto was Vice President of the company. His job took him all over the world, especially Europe and Asia. In 2001, Dynavision was bought by Tyco Electronics. He stayed and worked for two years at Tyco as President.
Ernesto retired in 2003, although he really never retired because he loved to work. One of his favorite hobbies was buying properties and renovating them. He would frequently go to Porcelanosa, a bath fixtures store. They knew him by name and would even set aside products in the back for him.
Ernesto was preceded in death by his parents Gregorio and Natividad Yllano Poblacion; brother Gregorio Poblacion, Jr.; sisters Felina Poblacion , Rosita Poblacion and Aurora Poblacion Berenguel. His wife Russelle Poblacion of San Jose survives him. He is also survived by his first wife Berta Poblacion of San Jose and their children Ernesto Poblacion, Jr. and his wife Belkis of Miami, Florida; Tony Poblacion and his wife Linh and their children Serena and Christian of Belmont, California; Cristina Poblacion of Sebastapol, California; his brother Emilio Poblacion of Manila and his children Nicanor, Aya, and Paulita and families; his sister Dr. Violeta Poblacion Pineda and her husband Teotimo de Leon Pineda of Las Vegas and their daughter Maria-Elena Poblacion Pineda of Los Angeles; step-daughters Maria Garza and Matilda Garza with Berta Poblacion; and step-daughter Claudine Duncan and husband John and children, step-son Bjorn Remo and wife Farina, and step-son Heinz Remo and his wife Jenny and their son Ronin with Russelle Poblacion. He is also survived by loving in-laws, nieces, nephews, and
extended family across the U.S. and the Philippines.
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