Syntactics, Inc.

Syntactics, Inc. is a Philippines-based IT outsourcing and digital marketing firm founded in March 2000 by Stephanie Caragos and Wilfredo Kaamiño Jr., both Information Management graduates from Xavier University. The company has spent 26 years serving small and medium enterprises, major corporations, schools, government offices, and agencies across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. They operate from their headquarters in Cagayan de Oro and have completed over 5,814 projects worldwide. The firm positions itself as a one-stop provider combining custom software development, web design, digital marketing, and virtual assistant services.

Services and capabilities

Syntactics offers five main service lines. Custom software and application development streamlines workflows with solutions tailored to client specifications. Web design and development produces high-performing websites that communicate brand messages and engage audiences. Their digital marketing practice covers SEO, content creation, social media management, and paid advertising campaigns. They provide dedicated developers for hire who work exclusively on client projects. Virtual assistant services handle administrative tasks, digital marketing work, online research, and other operational duties.

The company works with WordPress, Joomla, Magento, Laravel, React.js, and GraphQL, according to their portfolio and awards. Their digital marketing team delivers performance reports post-campaign. QA testing occurs pre- and post-deployment for websites and applications. They offer complimentary training on delivered projects.

Notable work

Recent mobile app projects include a local home services app focused on at-home relaxation services, a social wishlist platform called "All I Want" for gift registry management, a hospital app enabling doctors to retrieve patient records remotely and patients to share medical information with providers, and a livelihood exchange platform for an ICT event in the BIMP-EAGA region. On the web design side, the firm has completed sample projects in ecommerce, corporate websites, and business platforms, though specific client names and outcomes are not detailed in their public portfolio.

Clientele includes an Australian online marketer who has engaged Syntactics on 50+ small to medium web projects over three years, spanning graphic design, custom web apps, SEO, and WordPress/Joomla/Magento development. One long-term client praises their VA services for scaling operations, noting staff showed initiative and handled handover training when team members changed.

How they work

Their engagement model follows three phases: Information Gathering (listening to client needs and discussing approaches, costs, time frames), Project Proper (connecting clients with designers, developers, and digital marketing specialists), and Testing and Reporting (QA testing and post-project training, plus performance reports for marketing campaigns). Projects flow through a dedicated project manager with full transparency on costing and timeline scheduling. The company emphasizes communication consistency and flexibility with revision requests. Pricing is handled on a per-project basis with free quotes available; no hourly or monthly rates are published on their site.

Team and credentials

The company is led by co-founder and President & CEO Stephanie Caragos and Vice-President & COO Wilfredo P. Kaamiño Jr., both Information Management graduates from Xavier University–Ateneo de Cagayan. Wilfredo also serves as Data Protection Officer. Marie Victoria Rose Cagigas, a licensed psychometrician, heads Human Resources. Team size is not disclosed. Syntactics holds membership in the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA, since June 2018), the Oro Chamber (in good standing as of 2025), and the CDO-ICT Business Council (since 2005). The firm earned TechBehemoths Global Excellence Awards 2025 in three categories: WordPress, SEO, and ReactJS. Historical awards include a 2010 Outstanding MSME Award (Micro Category) from DTI & MSMED, a ranking of #2 on TopSEOs (December 2010 onwards) with a 99% process score, and a Productivity Olympics 2017 Regional Winner award in the Small-Service Category. CEO Stephanie Caragos received the ICT Champion Award of the Year in 2014. The company launched letithelp.org, a social enterprise for IT skills training and job placement, in 2008.