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Prior to joining the AIT on a full-time basis in 1970, he served as lecturer and research fellow at the University of St. Andrews becoming the first Asian ever to teach in this university. His successful career at the AIT started when he served as Assistant Professor, then Associate Professor and eventually as full Professor. After eight years of teaching, he was appointed as Vice President for Development, becoming the youngest Asian appointed to this post. He was responsible for establishing strategic partnerships with governments, international organizations, businesses and foundations worldwide which resulted to a total of US$250 million in grants and donation to AIT. He also served as Vice President for Academic Affairs of AIT prior to his early retirement from the institute in 1996. In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as an engineer educator and administrator, he became deserving recipient of the following awards and decorations: Henry Adams Award from the Institution of Structural Engineers, London, in 1969, given for his meritorious research, thereby becoming the first and only Filipino engineer to receive this prestigious award; L' Orde des Palmes Academique (Order of the Academic Palm which was instituted by Napoleon Bonaparte) from the Republic of France in 1986; Banaag Award from President Corazon C. Aquino in 1991, which is given to outstanding Filipino professionals residing overseas; the Outstanding Alumnus Award from Mapua in 1991 and from AIT in 1996 and the AIT Hall of Fame Award in 2010. A prolific writer, he authored and co- authored three books and over one hundred (100) scientific and research papers which have been published internationally. He also founded the International Ferrocement Information Center at AIT in 1976. He took early retirement from AIT in 1996 and returned to his homeland to be of service to his countrymen .He worked for a while as President and Consultant of Schema Konsult, a private engineering firm in Manila. In 1999, he took up the challenge of turning the Baguio Colleges Foundation into a university which he accomplished in four and a half years. This college is now the University of the Cordilleras in Baguio City, an autonomous institution with three Centers of Excellence in Criminology, Information Technology and Teachers Education. It is also noted for its strong programs in Criminal Justice Education and Law. In 2004, he was invited by Angeles University Foundation to be its third President. This university is now the best private university in Central Luzon. Based on the number of programs declared centers of excellence and centers of development by the Commission on Higher Education ( CHED), it is ranked number 12 in the country. He retired from this university in 2009. To his surprise, he was again invited to take his old post as President of the University of the Cordilleras in late 2009 and served this university for another five years. Finally, in 2014 he retired as university president after completing 50 years of service in the field of Academe. In his retirement, Prof. Dr. Pama continues his services to his country by serving the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) under the Office of the President, as Chairman of the Technical Panel for Engineering and Technology. At the invitation of the President of AUAP,he accepted to be the Secretary General of the Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific ( AUAP), in 2015. He believes that the AUAP can play a vital role in preparing many institutions of higher learning in the Asia-Pacific region to become centers of excellence, which he believes is an appropriate honor and distinction for higher education institutions to attain, to be worthy of welcoming the Golden Century of Asia and the Pacific !