Pandu Kartika Putra

Bandung, Indonesia | (+62) 856 5583 7565 | [email protected]

A technology, product, innovation, and project management professional looking to leverage 6

years of organization building, project management, product development, government
innovations, youth movements, and international experiences into a bigger and impactful ventures
for the betterment of the nation.
Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Bandung, Indonesia
Informatics / Computer Science
WORK & LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Feedloop Bandung, Indonesia
Head of Product February = October 2020
• Responsible for managing product strategy, product development, team organization, and process
improvement in a seed-funded startup disrupting Backend as a Service (Baas), no-code CMS builder, and
interactive content market in Indonesia
o Increased team satisfaction by 46% in first 3 week of working by improving coordination and alignment
o Concepted, researched, and managed 3 products, allocating resources, managing priorities, and
aligning company goals with the product roadmaps
o Collaborated with engineering teams to execute a major revamp of one product that is resulted in less
bugs, more modern look, and flexible developments
o Develops product vision, strategy, roadmap, as well as maintaining product backlogs
o Lead a 18-person, 3 squad team in a joint project with a client to deliver both massive business
performance improvements and capability development of the client team
Jabar Digital Services Bandung, Indonesia
Executive Advisor February 2020 – Present
• Advising and helping award-winning government digital innovation team with roadmap development,
strategic projects, as well as maintaining organization good governance and performance.
o Medium and long term roadmap development
o Work with BOD leadership to streamline processes and improve performance management
o Build and lead strategic partnership especially related to foreign entities and private sector giants
o Provide guidelines to maintain organizational focus and organizational health
o Help the BOD to gain adequate resources (money, time, political support) to reach organizational goals
Executive Director September 2018 – January 2020
• Built and led an innovative, dynamic, and young government digital innovation team from 0 to 90-strong
person in just 1 year while delivering impact, various award-winning initiatives, and igniting massive
transformation in bureaucracy.
o Built the team from scratch, handling everything from manpower management, organizational design,
finance management, product development, partnership, to strategic planning in early days
o Successfully pitched and gained just under $1M of budget in the first year of operation, and saw 100%
funding increase YoY from 2018-2019
o Navigated various legal, regulatory, and bureaucracy requirements while building agile and innovative
team for fast and impactful delivery
o Managed and launched 15+ programs and products ranging from digital command center development,
government performance and budget dashboards, government super apps, to digital villages program
that has been gained various national and international awards in less than 1 year of operation
o Networked and developed strategic partnerships with various external stakeholders such as startups,
IT developers community, as well as big multinational firms, resulting in more than IDR 30 Billion worth
of value added to the province in form of assistance and other grants.
Yayasan Pemimpin.ID Jakarta, Indonesia
Co-Founder, Advisor August 2019 – Present
• Founded and currently advising a small and dynamic non-profit team that is working to build a better
leadership ecosystem in Indonesia.
o Helping the team understand the frameworks for developing digital products that saw deeper analysis
and more structured, yet agile development of a leadership app
DeepTech Foundation Jakarta, Indonesia
Board Member February 2019 – Present
• Building a more tech-equitable Indonesia (“Indonesia Setara”) by democratizing tech knowledge, building
better tech communities, and contributing to the nation with technology.
Warung Pintar Jakarta, Indonesia
Expansion Lead -> Head of Business -> Interim Product Manager November 2017 – August 2018
• Involved in various positions in a micro-retail focused startup that aims to digitalize “warung” in order to
help them grow better and faster, ultimately improving the quality of life of Indonesian grassroots
o Led expansion team in early days experimenting on various ways to acquire warung
o Led business team comprised on partnership, marketing, and social impact team resulting in 10+
partnerships, 100% social media growth, as well as a social project deals among others.
o Built preliminary queries for data analysis, led data reorganizing efforts to
o Managed engineering team, track and coordinate workload, make sure the division goal is reached.
o Led product development for internal needs, revamping product development cycle to better organize
workload and streamline processes.
Code for Bandung Bandung, Indonesia
Founder & Executive Director July 2014 – July 2016
• Promoted citizen-government collaboration to tackle city’s biggest problem utilizing IT
o Won a $25000 grant from US Dept. of State, selected from 1000+ proposals internationally.
o Organized various events from meetups, hackathons, to full-fledged summit that cumulatively involves
more than 1000+ people from various backgrounds (10 projects initiated, 250+datasests, 30 apps)
o Advocated and promoted open data and open government policy in Bandung, resulting in the launching
of Bandung data portal (data.bandung.go.id) in cooperation with the city government.
o Regularly invited as advisor, consultant, or speaker for open data programs in the City of Bandung.
o Involved in various Smart City projects and initiatives for the government of Bandung, providing
important tacit and technical knowledge to both outside consultants and government officials,
o Appointed as a member of the Bandung’s Smart City Council, specifically in Civic Working Group.
o Successfully managed multi-stakeholder relationship with local, regional, and international partners
from various background (Government, Academics, Private, CSOs, and local communities). Key
relationships including Executive Office of the President, Bandung City Government, Jakarta Smart City,
NDI, Hivos, Data Science Indonesia, FOWAB, World Bank, etc.
National Democratic Institute Tangerang-Mojokerto-Pontianak, Indonesia
Project Consultant February – April 2017
• Advised and consulted the program team on how to build open data ecosystem in cities
o Designed and developed workshop materials on open data ecosystem for local CSOs on 3 cities
o Facilitated workshop on developing open data ecosystem for local CSOs on 3 cities
East Ventures Jakarta, Indonesia
Associate of Civic Projects February – April 2016
• Led Creating Shared Value (CSV) Unit focused on bringing collaboration between public and private IT
innovations
o Involved 10+ IT initiatives collaboration between government, NGO, developers, and startups.
o Connected government ministries to startup community for collaborations toward more efficient IT
improvement and procurement.
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Nomi, Japan
Research Intern, Distance Learning Lab October - November 2014
• Research and study on the field of Informatics focusing on distance learning
o Designed a preliminary model of an integration between gamification, social, and adaptive learning to
enhance user engagement in e-learning.
SKILLS, ACTIVITIES & INTERESTS
Languages: Native Indonesian and full working proficiency in English
Technical Skills: Product Management, Analytics, Java, SQL, HTML, PHP, C#. I am willing to learn and quickly
able to comprehend new skills/subjects as long as given adequate time.
Activities: DeepTech Foundation, Yayasan Pemimpin.ID, Ibu Professional
Interests: I have been involved in a lot of community development projects, especially in the field of civic
technology and digital government, that has led me to various awards and opportunities. In my spare time, I
enjoy developing initiatives, projects, workshops, and collaborations in civic tech, digital governments, open
data, civic engagement, leadership, people development, and youth activism.