The classroom came first. The infrastructure came after.
I didn't set out to run IT departments — I set out to help teachers teach better, and the technology leadership followed from there.
17+ years in technology. 8 of them in education.
I started in IT infrastructure and support back in 2009, across hospitality, logistics and manufacturing — learning to run IT as an operation, not a helpdesk. Since 2017, that same discipline has been pointed squarely at schools: leading IT departments and infrastructure across four international schools in India, and now serving as sole full-time IT lead across three campuses at GMIS in Indonesia, where I independently built the school's in-house ERP from scratch and its cybersecurity foundation from zero. The full role-by-role history is on the Experience page.
Where the same instincts show up off the clock.
Outside of school hours, most of my downtime goes to sport — cricket most of all, with badminton and volleyball close behind, and regular time in the gym to stay sharp for all three. I grew up playing cricket, badminton and volleyball, and what drew me in then is what keeps me playing now: they're games that reward people who communicate fast, read the situation, and back each other up without needing to say much.
That's not a bad description of a good IT team, either — which is probably why the two parts of my life have never felt very separate.
Where the technical grounding comes from.
Formal education plus the certifications that shape how I approach security and hands-on learning design specifically.
Certified Information Security & Ethical Hacker
The technical foundation behind building GMIS's cybersecurity posture from the ground up.
Makerspaces for Creative Learning
Formal grounding for the hands-on Makerspace work I'd already been doing in practice.
MYP Design, Category 1
The design-thinking framework behind how I structure Makerspace projects at GMIS.
Let's build
what's next.
For Technology Director, Head of Technology and senior education technology roles, I'd welcome the conversation.