Product Lead · Bali, ID
Cikal Taruna
I'm Cikal, I Putu Cikal Taruna in full. I take products from a blank page to the people who use them. Right now that's AsesAi. Before that, I led EdTech platforms with 200K+ users.
Selected work
- Years shipping products
- 7+
- Users on platforms I led
- 200K+
- Students in NWTC 2025
- 8,000+
- People on teams I've run
- 20+
Experience
Nov 2025 – Present
PT Asesme Digital Indonesia
- Chief Executive Officer, AsesAi
Directs company vision, AI product strategy, and go-to-market execution for AsesAi, aligning innovation with sustainable business growth.
Feb 2021 – Nov 2025
PT Bina Taruna Wiratama
- AI Lead Engineer, BTW Edutech · Mar 2025 - Nov 2025
- Strategic Operations Manager, NWTC Indonesia · Apr 2025 - Oct 2025
- Quality Assurance Lead, BTW Edutech · Mar 2024 - Aug 2024
- Gen AI Developer, BTW Edutech · Nov 2023 - Aug 2024
- Project Manager, Asesme.ID · Nov 2023 - Jun 2024
- Data and RnD Lead, BTW Edutech · Feb 2023 - Nov 2023
- Mobile Application Engineer, SmartBTW · Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
Led AI engineering for EdTech platform serving 200K+ users.
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025
Kerthi Bali Santhi
- Project Manager Associate & Mobile App Engineer
Supports project planning, coordination, and execution while ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met across cross-functional teams and also building POS Application.
Feb 2021 – Aug 2021
Primakara University
- Teaching Assistant, Database Systems
Assisted in teaching Database Systems by guiding students through core concepts, facilitating lab sessions, and providing feedback to enhance learning and engagement.
Nov 2018 – Mar 2019
PT Bamboomedia Cipta Persada
- Mobile Application Developer
Developed Android apps SpeedID and Speed Parkir using Java, integrated RESTful APIs, crafted intuitive UIs, and collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, user-focused mobile solutions.
Worked with
Toolkit
Expertise
- Data Mining
- Data Cleaning
- Data Visualization
- AI Training
- Prompt Engineering
- System Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Agile Development
- SDLC
- Automation Test
- Stress Test
- System Quality Management
- Data Anotation
- Data Analytic
- Business Requirements Gathering
- Content Creation
- Assessment & Evaluation
- Helpdesk Support
- Technical Documentation
- User Support & Training
- Web Scrapping
- RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)
- ISO 27001
- Risk Management
- CI/CD
Soft skills
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Team Leadership
- Teamwork and Communication
- Product Knowledge
- Project Calculation
- Project Budgeting
- Project Timeline
- Scrum Master
- Curriculum Development
- Stakeholder Management
- Executive Leadership
Development
- Python
- JavaScript
- Typescript
- React
- Flutter
- Dart
- MYSQL
- PostgreSQL
- MongoDB
- ElasticSearch
- API Integration
- Fast API
- Langchain
- OpenAI/Gemini/Perplexity API
- WordPress
- Node.js
- PHP
- Anthropic Claude
- Vertex AI
- Firebase
- Vite
- GetX
- Java
- Kotlin
- Android
- Tailwind CSS
- NumPy
- Redis
Tools
- Git
- Notion
- Trello
- Asana
- Jira
- Google Analytics
- Google Looker Studio
- Streamlit
- Office Tools
- Microsoft 365
- G-Suite/Google Workspace
- Excel/Spreadsheet
- Langfuse
- Open Project
- Selenium
- Grafana K6
- Pandas
- Remote Desktop
- Scripting
- GitHub
- Docker
- n8n
- Postman
- Hoppscotch
- Figma
- Canva
- Miro
- Slack
- Zoom
- Google Cloud
- Amazon S3
- Google Tag Manager
Recognition
Top 10 11th Next Dev Telkomsel
Telkomsel
Award · 2025 - 2026
Jury Member
PIDI ASRID 2025 — Perhimpunan Instruktur Digital Indonesia
Role · Nov 2025 - Dec 2025
Google AI Lab Solution
Google
Award · Nov 2025
Chapter Lead
Google Developer Student Clubs — Primakara University
Role · Aug 2021 - Jun 2022
Vice President of Information Systems Student Association
Primakara University
Role · Jan 2021 - Dec 2021
Fasilitator and Human Relation
Primakara Developers
Role · Oct 2019 - Jul 2022
Vice President of the Student English Club
Primakara University
Role · Jan 2020 - Dec 2020
Volunteer
Relawan TIK Provinsi Bali
Role · Jan 2020 - Present
Volunteer
Developer Circles from Facebook
Role · Nov 2018 - 2020
LLM-Based Tools and Gemini API Integration for Data Scientists - MBA - 010
Hacktiv8
Certificate · 2025
Binar Academy Bootcamp Data Science Wave 005
Binar Academy
Certificate · 2023
Certificate in Business Intelligence Associate
Logical Operations
Certificate · 2022
Myskill Intensive Bootcamp Fullstack Data Analysis
Myskill
Certificate · 2022
Google IT Support
Coursera
Certificate · 2022
System Analyst
Indonesian Professional Certification Authority (BNSP)
Certificate · 2022
Google Developer Student Club Lead
Google Developer Students Club (GDSC)
Award · 2021
Kotlin Android Developer Expert
Dicoding Academy
Certificate · 2019
Writing
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