Researcher in Applied Anthropology & Systems Engineer

"gitu aja kok repot"

Born and raised in Perth, Western Australia (pre-Sputnik era!), I grew up in a mono-cultural English/British suburban environment. My journey later led me across South East Asia, and since 1996, Indonesia has been my home and citizenship.

• Role Models: Robert Sapolsky, Gotama, Germaine Greer, Pa Kettle, and others shaping my worldview

• Deeply engaged with human cultures, political systems, and international relations
• Specialist in the history, culture, and politics of Maritime Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia
• Proficient in Indonesian language and politics
• Advocate for open political systems and secular dharma

• Linux system administration & scripting
• Application programming: PHP, SQL, Bash, Python
• Supporter of open-source technology & software

As a programmer, I am mostly active in Okusi Associates and YaTTI.

• Animal husbandry (ruminants), hydroponics, aquaponics, and invertebrate protein production
• Keen interest in human evolutionary biology/psychology and nutritional biology

• Prosociality
• Secularised dharmas
• AI and AI programming
• Human evolution (biological, cultural, technological, political)
• Nutritional biology
• Yachting

• Applied Anthropology Knowledgebase
• Secular Dharma Knowledgebase
• Locale for Indonesian English
• Bash Coding Standard
• CustomKb RAG System
• See all other repositories at Open-Technology-Foundation

Founder & Chairman
Okusi Group — Corporate services for foreign investors in Indonesia: company establishment, accounting & taxation, audit, merger/liquidation, immigration, and research.

Director
Indonesian companies across various fields.

• Bachelor of Asian Studies (Indonesian Studies), Murdoch University, Perth
  Specialist programme, including a year at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta

• Diploma of Social Science (Indonesian), Central Institute of Technology, Perth

• Associate Diploma of Agricultural Technology, TAFE Agricultural Extension Service, Perth and Certificates in Animal Technology and Animal Nursing, Bentley Technical College, Perth

• Founder (2013)
  Yayasan Teknologi Terbuka Indonesia (Indonesian Open Technology Foundation)

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I welcome dialogue, collaboration, or business propositions in any of the fields above. Feel free to reach out!

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