RyanBudianto

• Sun Life Indonesia ↗
• Sun Life Financial ↗

Operations is the part of an insurer that does the work behind every policy: processing applications, deciding who gets covered and on what terms, servicing policies, and paying claims. I sit in its Project Management team, which in practice means I own the delivery of the division's largest moving pieces. I run transformation projects that touch almost every team in the division, coordinating vendors, underwriters, operations leads, and IT from planning through delivery, and reporting to divisional leadership. I'm also the AI Champion for the Operations division: I designed and ran a training session for all operations employees, and I'm the person people come to for Copilot and agentic needs, from prompt patterns to figuring out whether a workflow should be automated at all. On the building side, I prototype internal AI assistants and design the data architecture behind document automation. Insurance operations turns out to be a very good place to find problems worth automating.

• AIRES Technology ↗
• Huahui Times ↗

AIRES Technology is the Indonesian subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Huahui Times International, a company bringing industrial IoT to Southeast Asia: smart robots, autonomous drones, intelligent terminals. My role covered both engineering and business. On the technical side, I led development of a production-ready web platform built on Vue 3, TypeScript, Spring Boot, Docker, and MySQL, including full-stack infrastructure with JWT/OAuth2 authentication, OpenSearch indexing, Prometheus monitoring, and PDF processing. On the commercial side, I closed enterprise deals with Indonesia's largest telecom provider totalling around USD 100K. I coordinated between technical teams and clients, handled logistics and documentation, and tried to always leave clients more impressed than they expected.

• Australian National Portrait Gallery ↗
• Project Owner – Melita Dahl ↗
• ANU Techlauncher ↗

Through ANU's Techlauncher program, I co-built an interactive data visualization app for an exhibition at the Australian National Portrait Gallery, turning portrait collection metadata into something people actually wanted to look at. The stack: PixiJS for canvas rendering, Svelte.js on the frontend, Node.js on the backend, all built with agile and DevOps practices. I also served as the team spokesperson, translating between developers and non-technical stakeholders and keeping the project on track through regular client demos. The project was later recognised as an Australian AI Awards 2024 Finalist.

• Fasilkom UI ↗

Selected by Fasilkom UI's Lembaga Asisten and the Teman Belajar program to tutor Programming Foundations 2, a course known for filtering out students who aren't ready. I ran weekly group sessions and one-on-one mentoring for struggling students. Multiple students who had previously failed came back and earned A or A- grades. Genuinely one of the most rewarding things I've done.

• Fasilkom UI ↗

One of my first proper teaching roles, assisting in a course dense enough to humble most second-year students. I helped design, proctor, and grade assignments and exams. I also translated materials between English and Indonesian and acted as a go-between for students and the lecturer, handling weekly updates and one-on-one support. Explaining recursion at 11pm is, in fact, its own skill.

• Open House Fasilkom ↗

Helped shape the creative direction of Fasilkom UI's annual open house, the event that convinces high schoolers computer science is worth four years. I led a small team of designers, built the visual identity from scratch, and produced everything from social media posts to merchandise shirts, physical stickers, and digital collateral. Part art director, part project coordinator.

• @perakfasilkom ↗

PERAK is Fasilkom's annual sports and games event. I ran the competitive gaming side: tournament coordination, technical setup, live broadcast management, and mid-event troubleshooting. Something always breaks during a stream. Also helped promote the events across channels and drew in a solid turnout.

• compfest.id ↗
• @compfest ↗

COMPFEST is one of Indonesia's largest student-run tech events. On the Creative Division, I handled interior and set design for video productions and helped with costume and styling for hosts and staff. Aesthetic consistency matters whether you're designing a UI or dressing a broadcast set.

• @ui.esports ↗

Competed as part of UI Esports' Valorant team in Indonesia's university-level esports circuit and won multiple national campus tournaments. It turns out game sense, communication under pressure, and fast decision-making are just as useful outside the game.