Executive Chairman/Senior Consultant Okusi Associates, Jakarta, Batam & Bali, Indonesia

Business

• founder and chairman of the Okusi group of companies, providing corporate services to foreign companies investing in Indonesia, including company establishments, accounting and taxation, immigration formalities, and market-entry research.
• director of a number of Indonesian companies operating in such areas including IT support, island resort development, sea-based tourism and clinical support services.

Sociology & Politics

• strong interest in human cultures, political systems and international relations. specialist knowledge of the cultures, history and politics of Maritime Southeast Asia, in particular Indonesia.
• fluent in spoken and written Indonesian.
• substantial knowledge and understanding of political processes and governmental structures.
• strong proponent of open political systems and open technologies.

Management

• sound understanding of cultural issues in management and communication .
• two decades experience as a business and management consultant in Indonesia.
• highly experienced in interacting with Indonesian government and bureaucracy directly and effectively at all levels.

Computing

• computer applications programmer (php, SQL, bash, C). Linux system administration and scripting.
• Open Source activist providing material and moral support to individuals, groups and government for the use of open technologies, in particular open source software.

Agriculture

• Knowledge in ruminant husbandry strong interest in controlled-environment food production systems, hydroponics, aquaponics.

Bachelor of Asian Studies

Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; 1996-2000. Four-year specialist degree programme in Indonesian studies minoring in politics and international relations. Including one year fulltime coursework at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, in Indonesian, with one semester in the Faculty of Economics, and one in the Faculty of Social and Political Science.

Diploma of Social Science

Central Metropolitan College, Perth, Australia; 1995-1996. Two-year programme in Indonesian applied language studies.

Founder, Forum Ubuntu Indonesia

Founded 2009, to promote the use of the Ubuntu operating system, and Open Source software generally. Organise and finance promotional seminars and workshops at least twice a year. Currently over 30,000 registered members.

**Founder, Yayasan Teknologi Terbuka Indonesia (Indonesian Open Technology Foundation) **

Founded 2013, to promote the use of open technologies in Indonesia, in particular open source operating systems. This foundation also operates a community computer training centres in Central Java.

Member, Indonesian Open Source Association

Member, Open Source Initiative

Member, Linux Foundation