Career
From first deploy to the boardroom.
Different industries, same pattern: a business needed technology to grow, and I became its partner. Every step here was triggered by someone asking for help with something hard.
2008
Computer Science, Bina Nusantara University · Education
Interactive Multimedia track. Graduated 2012, already building for real clients on the side.
2011
First paid web work · Freelance
First client websites shipped while still in university. The copyright line on this site has said 2011 ever since.
2012
Web Developer · LYTO
First professional role, at one of Indonesia’s biggest game publishers. Five months in, a web studio came calling.
2012
Senior Web Developer · CakraStudio
High-volume client work across industries: design-to-code, WordPress builds, and making websites fast. Shipping discipline formed here.
2013
Senior Web Analyst · CakraStudio
Promoted into analysis: project estimation, timelines, and redefining designs before a line of code was written. The business side of building started here.
2015
Co-Founder & Lead Frontend Developer · CIAYO Corp
Co-founded CIAYO under PT Dragon Capital Centre, a media and entertainment startup, and led its frontend division for five years. Took the products from AngularJS into React as they matured.
2016
Scaling CIAYO Comics · CIAYO Corp
Led the comics platform from first commit to 656,000 users, re-architecting through Nuxt.js and then Next.js as it grew.
2016
Strategic Tech Partner · ervandra.com
Opened my independent practice: a technology partner for businesses and organizations across industries, covering web platforms, applications, and digital enablement. It ran on referrals for eight years.
2017
Co-founded Syntax Solution · Syntax
Started on client delivery as Lead Project Manager. The venture that would become my main stage. In the same year, began a three-year remote partnership with LifeLearn Holdings in Finland.
2020
Head of Engineering & Product · Syntax
Owned delivery quality, team leadership, and client relationships through the consultancy’s growth years.
2021
Senior Software Engineer, Web Platforms · R/GA
Stepped into the global agency world: multiple offices, multiple disciplines, world-class delivery standards.
2022
Technology Lead, APAC · R/GA
Hall of Immortality, 2022
Led delivery of Google Pixel, Grab for Business, and CDG Zig. Also began with Yoona, a consumer wellness company, hands-on as their main engineer.
2023
Engineering Manager · Yoona
Grew from building yoona.id hands-on, an ecommerce platform still running today, into leading the engineering team and technology operations. The partnership ran through early 2026.
2023
Tech Manager · Komunal
Led a remote full-stack team across Indonesia running the P2P lending platform, and worked OJK audit findings to full resolution.
2024
VP of Engineering & Product · Syntax
Went all-in on my own venture: strategy, finances, team, and delivery under one roof.
2025
CTO & Principal Architect · Syntax
Scaled to 20+ engineers delivering enterprise platforms across finance, banking, and robotics.
2026
Co-founded Magnificat Consulthink · Magnificat
Second venture: tax and finance consulting with a digital core. Komisaris and technical engine, with a partner who leads the practice. Today: selective strategic tech partnerships, by referral.