I Putu Cikal Taruna

• Directs AI product strategy and go-to-market execution for AI-native assessment platform with LLM-powered question generation, live scoring, and real-time ranking

• Leads technical architecture while remaining hands-on with engineering, building production AI systems using Python and Golang

• Partners with product and engineering leads to define requirements, prioritize features, and manage delivery milestones

• Builds strategic partnerships and investor relationships to secure funding and accelerate company growth

• Scaled AI engineering for platform serving 200K+ users, managing end-to-end ML deployment and model evaluation

• Architected RAG pipelines generating 5K+ questions monthly, reducing content creation time by 60%

• Improved output accuracy by 30% and reduced AI processing costs by 50% through model evaluation and LangFuse token optimization

• Evaluated GPT-4, Gemini, and Perplexity capabilities to establish model selection framework across use cases

• Directed 20+ person cross-functional team spanning C-Level, Academic, Marketing, and IT for national competition serving 8K+ students

• Built data systems and workflows enabling real-time simulation tests at national scale

• Managed national competition registration with PUSPRESNAS and SIMT, coordinating government compliance documentation

• Built automated AI workflows using Python, LangChain, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Perplexity, and LangFuse for diverse clients

• Designed custom RAG pipelines and AI-integrated APIs using LangChain and FastAPI, improving content accuracy while reducing costs

• Implemented token optimization strategies reducing operational expenses across multiple LLM deployments

• Led 3-member QA team across 10+ applications serving 200K+ users, reducing post-release defects by 25%

• Built automation framework with Python, Selenium, and Grafana K6, cutting testing costs by 40% and boosting efficiency by 50%

• Achieved 30% decrease in bug resolution time through structured documentation and streamlined release cycles by 20%

• Improved AI-generated content quality by 50% building generation tools using Python, LangChain, GPT-4, and Gemini

• Reduced AI processing costs by 50% implementing LangFuse token efficiency strategies across production systems

• Improved content accuracy by 30% through user feedback analysis and optimized prompting techniques

• Led 7-member cross-functional team building B2B exam platform using Agile methodology with Notion and GitHub

• Boosted exam creation efficiency by 80% designing AI-driven content generation and question randomization tools

• Developed Business Requirement Documents (BRD) aligning system design with business needs and stakeholder expectations

• Increased student retention by 25% building executive dashboards using Looker Studio and PostgreSQL

• Improved decision-making by 35% creating interactive dashboards with real-time student performance and business metrics

• Improved prediction accuracy by 20% developing predictive models with Python to forecast student exam outcomes

• Reduced manual workloads by 40% automating data reporting tasks using Python and SQL

Project Manager Associate & Mobile Engineer | Kerthi Bali Santhi | Aug 2024 - Mar 2025

Mobile Application Engineer | BTW Edutech | Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

IT Security Auditor (Consultant) | Relawan TIK / Denpasar City Government | 2022 - 2023

Assistant Professor (Part-time) | Primakara University | Feb 2021 - Aug 2021

Mobile Application Developer (Intern) | PT Bamboomedia Cipta Persada | Nov 2018 - Mar 2019

• LLM-Based Tools and Gemini API Integration — Hactiv8, 2025

• Top 10 11th NextDev by Telkomsel — Telkomsel, 2025

• Google AI Lab Solutions for Startup — Google, 2025

• Binar Academy Bootcamp Data Science — Binar Academy, 2023

• Business Intelligence Associate — Logical Operations, 2022

• Fullstack Data Analysis — Myskill, 2022

• Google IT Support — Coursera/Google, 2022

• System Analyst (BNSP) — Indonesian BNSP, 2022

• GDSC Lead — Google, 2021

• Kotlin Android Developer Expert — Dicoding, 2019