
Eka Dharma Pranoto
Independent Consultant — Clients: Enterprises 2,000+ employees, Governments & Central Police Depts

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About me
AI/ML/LLM Engineer | Software Architect | Google DeepMind Hackathon Competitor | Hugging Face Model Fine-Tuner | Kaggle Contributor | Governments, Enterprises & Police Departments’s Softwares
Education

Certified Wealth Manager's Association
2006 - 2006Aff.WM. (Affiliate Wealth Manager) Economics
Indonesian-Japan Insitute
2000 - 2002Pre Intermediate Japanese Language Course Japanese Language and Literature AActivities and Societies: Learn textbook, Conversation training with native Japanese, Quiz and Final test. Indonesian-Japan Institute (Lembaga Indonesia Jepang) is a Japanese language course located in Java, Indonesia. I graduated from the Pre Intermediate course with the top 3 scores in my class. I also understand reading/writing Hiraganas, Katakanas, and Kanjis.

Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana
2001 - 2005Bachelor's degree Information Technology 3.13
Coursera
2024 - 2024Google Introduction to Large Language Models Certification Artificial Intelligence 100/100 (perfect score)Google Introduction to Large Language Models Certification. My Key Highlights:• Gained in-depth knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), understanding their inner workings, relevance to NLP, and applications in advanced AI systems.• Mastered identifying and explaining biases in LLMs, such as racial, gender, and cultural biases, and provided strategies to mitigate these risks.• Mastered how to explain complex LLM concepts to non-technical stakeholders, highlighting the… Show more Google Introduction to Large Language Models Certification. My Key Highlights:• Gained in-depth knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs), understanding their inner workings, relevance to NLP, and applications in advanced AI systems.• Mastered identifying and explaining biases in LLMs, such as racial, gender, and cultural biases, and provided strategies to mitigate these risks.• Mastered how to explain complex LLM concepts to non-technical stakeholders, highlighting the benefits, risks, and potential business impact of implementing LLMs.• Learned tokenization, vocabulary, and embeddings, and how they relate to NLP and LLM functionality.• Examined the history of LLMs, including key models like Transformer, BERT, LaMDa, PaLM, and Llama, to understand the evolution of LLM technology.• Learned fine-tuning techniques (e.g., PETM, Lora), Model Garden and AI Studio and their application in adapting LLMs for specific business needs.• Understood LLMs best practices. Show less

Coursera
2024 - 2024Google Transformer & BERT Certification Artificial Intelligence 100/100 (perfect score)Google Transformer & BERT Certification. My Key Highlights:• Achieved score of 100%, gained a deep understanding of how Transformer and BERT architectures relate to Large Language Models (LLMs), AI and NLP.• Developed how to explain the application of Transformer and BERT for AI/ML projects to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, using clear language.• Studied the challenges in developing LLMs and how they apply to modern AI applications like ChatGPT.• Learned the… Show more Google Transformer & BERT Certification. My Key Highlights:• Achieved score of 100%, gained a deep understanding of how Transformer and BERT architectures relate to Large Language Models (LLMs), AI and NLP.• Developed how to explain the application of Transformer and BERT for AI/ML projects to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, using clear language.• Studied the challenges in developing LLMs and how they apply to modern AI applications like ChatGPT.• Learned the advantages of Model Gardens and AI Studios (e.g., Google Vertex, Google AI Studio) in simplifying LLM development and reducing costs.• Developed the ability to guide teams in model tuning techniques, such as Fine-Tuning, PETM (Parameter-Efficient Tuning), and LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation).• Understood the comparison between traditional RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformer-based models, focusing on how the attention mechanism enhances performance. Show less

Coursera
2024 - 2024Google Attention Mechanism Certification Artificial Intelligence 100/100 (perfect score)Google Attention Mechanism Certification. My Key Highlights:• Learned how to implement sequence-to-sequence processing in AI/ML models, for tasks like language generation, time-series forecasting, sales and financial predictions.• Compared traditional RNNs, LSTMs, and attention mechanisms, identifying performance improvements in handling long sequences and delivering more accurate predictions.• Gained ability to collaborate on AI/ML projects, implementing attention mechanisms to… Show more Google Attention Mechanism Certification. My Key Highlights:• Learned how to implement sequence-to-sequence processing in AI/ML models, for tasks like language generation, time-series forecasting, sales and financial predictions.• Compared traditional RNNs, LSTMs, and attention mechanisms, identifying performance improvements in handling long sequences and delivering more accurate predictions.• Gained ability to collaborate on AI/ML projects, implementing attention mechanisms to enhance company products, particularly in predictive analytics and language processing tasks.• Reduced information loss in AI models, ensuring that hidden states passed from encoders to decoders retained more meaningful data.• Gained skills to explain attention-based architectures to business leaders, project managers and co-worker, in relation with Transformers and BERT, enhance stakeholders knowledges.• Explored practical areas of attention mechanisms, to improve text generation tools, chatbot and CS. Show less
Experience

Self Employed | Enterprise Apps, AI/ML/LLM Engineering & Software Architect
Feb 2006 - nowIndependent Consultant — Clients: Enterprises 2,000+ employees, Governments & Central Police DeptsProvided consulting, full-stack development, Android app development, and system deployment for diverse clients including government institutions, large enterprises, and police departments. Delivered secure, scalable systems and restored critical web platforms after hacker attacks.Key Projects:• Built an enterprise CapEx web app (Laravel + Vue.js + MySQL), improving performance by 15% and achieving 100% on-time deployment.• Delivered Android apps and workflow systems supporting digital transformation in government sectors.• Restored and hardened Indonesian central police department’s WordPress site post hacker attacks with full documentation.• Developed a learning platform (Android + Laravel backend) deployed on Alibaba Cloud, rated 5-star on Google Play, for an education startup.• Created desktop education software distributed nationwide with printed book bundles.• Delivered management systems for retail chains and achieved Google Page One using Google Ads for local manufacturers.• Authored WordPress contents for online clients with a 5-star rating.• Managed end-to-end system deployment across shared hosting, VPS, and Alibaba Cloud ECS.AI/ML/LLM Research & Practice (2023–Present):Pursuing applied AI/ML engineering through hands-on projects and International hackathons.• Completed professional certifications from Google, Microsoft, Udacity and Kaggle, including two U.S. scholarships.• Participated in Google DeepMind Gemma AI 3-N Hackathon 2025, DevPost AI/ML Hackathon 2025, and ISIC 2024 Skin Cancer Challenge.• Fine-tuned Gemma AI and DistilBERT, developing generative AI models.• Built CNN/MLP-based skin cancer prediction, Generative Adversarial Networks image generation, and K-NN stock prediction systems.• Integrated AI/ML models into Android and full-stack environments. Show less

Toko Makmur Purwokerto
Feb 2006 - Oct 2024I will boost your business by ensuring you get more click, more share, more customer, more multilingual market, win google page one, win Google Play Store. I also provide a full refund guarantee.I am an SEO content/copywriter and software developer. I create an android app, website, or desktop software. I have developed many software and more than 16 national-wide books since 2006.My client is big enterprises, small offices, retail shops, churches, or government institutions. For the best result, I use cutting edge technology and would love to work with the waterfall or agile development methods.Why should you choose me? Because of my quality: hardware compatibility, fast loading, responsive UI design, easy to read codes, and based on industry standards.My motto is to work with passion. Hence, I am very professional. Show less
Point Of Sales Makmur Shop
Feb 2006 - Oct 2024Software Expert
Feb 2006 - Oct 2024

Andi Publisher
May 2007 - Jun 2018Book AuthorWe have written books since 2006 that have sold nation-wide in partnership with Andi Offset Publisher, one of the most famous publishers in Indonesia.We also make seminars/talk shows about our books in Jogja Expo Center, Radio Sonora Jogja, Universitas Islam Indonesia, Gramedia Book Store, Toga Mas Book Store, and other famous places.

Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia
Jun 2010 - Aug 2010Software EngineerThe police department issued driving licenses for the citizen. That is why they need desktop database management software. We created reliable, error-free software that can even work on the older machine for them. It helps the police department a lot to manage driving licenses for the public.

Universitas Islam Indonesia
Oct 2012 - Oct 2012Economic Seminar at Indonesian Islamic UniversityIndonesian Islamic University (Universitas Islam Indonesia/UII) is a reputable private national university. They even have collaborations with Japan, American, and Korean universities. For example, George Mason University, The University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Hokkaido University, Woosong University of Korea, etc.I have had a seminar in front of Economy faculty students in 2012. The topic was a marketing strategy, and it was a great success. College students learn more than 30+ tips in just one day. Show less

Karya Bordir Garment Company
Jan 2019 - Mar 2019Sales And Marketing Specialist To Gain Google Page OneKARYA BORDIR is a fast-growing embroidery company located in Central Java, Indonesia. They want their company to gain Google Page One.Thus I created them good Google Ads with competitive prices. The result is they successfully show up on the first page of Google with good CTR value and low CPC cost.I can also help your business, be it retail, supermarket, online shop, distributor, law firm, or government office.

Https://seringjalan.com
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020Website Content Writing For Seringjalan.ComSeringjalan.com tells stories about travel, food, and culture. As professional content writers, we wrote 20 articles for them with well-optimized SEO content within only 3 days. We also optimized the articles to work well with WordPress. The client was satisfied and gave us 5 stars rating.

Holaakids Startup Company, Jakarta, Indonesia
Nov 2020 - Apr 2022Senior Software ArchitectDelivered an education-focused Android app rated 5 stars on Play Store, integrating update notifications, geo-analytics and error-analytics. Collaborated with graphic designers, project owners, and schoold educators to design, develop, and maintain the app. Deployed globally via Alibaba Cloud, successfuly implemented cost-efficient solutions for both app and website.Skills• Expertise in Android app development, including dual-mode (light/dark) and multi-language support.• Proficient in backend development using PHP and Laravel framework.• Skilled in database design, queries, and optimization with PostgreSQL.• Experience in implementing OOP principles, clean code practices, and software design patterns.• Proficient in integrating and configuring Google Analytics, Crashlytics, and Fast Android Networking.• Skilled in creating dynamic Android UIs using View/ViewGroup, RecyclerView, and theming techniques.• Hands-on experience with cloud management and deployment on Alibaba Cloud ECS and similar instances.• Proficient in setting up and managing servers with Ubuntu Linux, Apache, PHP, and Laravel.• Strong knowledge of sFTP, SSH remote commands, and DNS configuration.• Expertise in app versioning, updates, and publishing via Play Store.Soft Skills• Collaborative team player working with designers, content writers, and consultants to deliver education apps.• Excellent client communication for gathering requirements, progress updates, and final delivery.Tools• Android: Android Studio, Gradle, AVD Emulator.• Analytics: Play Store Dashboard, Postman, Burp Suite, Google Analytics, Crashlytics.• Development & Set Up: Visual Studio Code, Putty, WinSCP.• Backend: PostgreSQL, Apache, Laravel and PHP.Applications• Published high-quality apps on Play Store with 5-star ratings.• Delivered software solutions for startups, focusing on scalability and cost efficiency. Show less

Central Police Public Relations, Jakarta, Indonesia
Nov 2021 - Jan 2022WordPress Security & Recovery Expert | Secured Central Police Website from HackersI helped the central police's public relations website recover from a hacker attack by securing it against future threats. I investigated the attack, hardened the website's defenses, and implemented measures to protect it from over 400 attacks per day. Throughout the process, I ensured the website remained user-friendly, prioritizing both security and usability. I also am committed to safeguarding data privacy and security, and can bring this level of trust and professionalism to any team.• Recovered the central police website after a hacker attack.• Investigated and identified vulnerabilities in the site’s security.• Hardened/secured the website from over 400 daily attacks.• Maintained strict confidentiality of sensitive institutional data.• Complied with legal and ethical standards in all actions.• Implemented a robust firewall to prevent future breaches• Balanced security with usability.• Delivered detailed security reports to the client.Skills:• Website recovery from cyberattacks, ensuring minimal downtime.• In-depth examination of compromised websites to identify attack vectors.• Detailed report writing on actions taken to recover the website and prevent future attacks.• Conducted thorough security audits and implemented hardening measures to secure WordPress sites.• Identified vulnerabilities and fortified sites against potential threats.Soft Skills:• Highly trustworthy, ensuring confidentiality and security of sensitive institutional data.• Able to maintain the reputation and confidentiality of high-profile institutions.• Communicated effectively with cross-functional teams to coordinate recovery efforts.• Delivered actionable security reports the same day recovery actions were taken. Show less

Bekasi Mayor’s Office, Jabodetabek, Indonesia
Dec 2021 - Apr 2022Full Stack Developer | End-to-End Government Android & Backend | Data SovereigntyI developed an Android voting and feedback collection app for Bekasi major government office, ensuring data sovereignty by deploying the backend and database on a local hosting. I provided end-to-end solutions, from app development to backend deployment, tailored to the client's needs.Skills:• Android Development (Kotlin): Proficient in building responsive and scalable Android apps.• Backend Development: Experience in developing RESTful APIs using Laravel and PHP.• MySQL: Skilled in database design and writing optimized queries.• MVP Architecture: Adept in applying MVP design pattern for clean and maintainable code.• Deployment & Hosting: Experience with sFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol), deploying apps and managing hosting environments.• UI/UX Design: Expertise in designing intuitive UI with minimal nested views and fast rendering for smooth performance.• Android Animations: Ability to implement Android animations for engaging user experiences.• OOP & Clean Code: Proficient in object-oriented programming and writing clean, maintainable code.• API Integration: Efficient in sending and parsing requests from backend APIs.• Camera & Gallery Access: Integration of camera and gallery features in the app.Soft Skills:• Client Communication: Effectively translate business needs into technical solutions.• Deadline Management: Consistently deliver high-quality work within agreed timelines.• Progress Reporting: Maintain regular communication with clients, providing weekly progress updates.• Problem-Solving: Able to tackle complex challenges and deliver solutions on time.Tools:• Android Studio: Extensive experience with Android Studio, including Gradle configuration, Kotlin and AVD emulator.• Hosting & Server Management: Knowledge of Apache, network traffics and MySQL management via MySQLWorkbench, Putty, WinSCP, Postman and Burb Suite.• Code Editors: Skilled in using Visual Studio Code, Extensions and Notepad++ for development, testing, and debugging. Show less

Kepolisian Negara Republik Indonesia
Feb 2023 - Feb 2023ChatGPT Evaluations for Police DepartmentsAs AI chatbots gained global prominence, I evaluated their use, risks, and benefits for police departments. My work focused on identifying potential dangers, misuse scenarios, and mitigation strategies while highlighting their operational value.Achievements & Contributions• Assessed ChatGPT risks and benefits for law enforcement, focusing on misuse scenarios and crime-related threats.• Designed and executed creative test prompts, documenting over 7 potential misuses for crime with screenshots.• Identified multiple negative aspects, including potential misuse for violences and proposed mitigation strategies.• Explored ChatGPT capabilities to enhance police operations, such as helping police jobs and community engagement.• Authored a detailed, user-friendly report with detail insights, suitable for technical and non-technical stakeholders.Skills• Advanced Prompt Engineering for ChatGPT evaluation.• AI Risk Assessment, Misuse Prevention, and Ethical AI implementation with scenario-based assessments.• Comprehensive report writing with actionable insights for Policymakers.• Creative problem-solving for AI applications in sensitive domains.• Knowledge of AI Ethics and Responsible AI Practices.Soft Skills• Strong commitment to confidentiality and institutional reputation.• Effective communication with the teams.• Reliable in delivering results and reports on time.• Open to feedback and quick to implement revisions.• Innovative in assessing emerging technologies.Tools• AI Platforms: ChatGPT.• Documentation Tools: Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF.• Web Browser: Firefox.Applications• Evaluation of emerging technologies for organizational integration.• Developing detailed, confidential reports for authorized personnel.• Enhancing operational efficiency through AI usage. Show less

PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia Tbk
Jan 2025 - Apr 2025PT. Solusi Bangun Indonesia | Capital Expenditure Enterprise App | Full-Stack DevelopmentDesigned and delivered a Capital Expenditure (CapEx) enterprise web application built with Vue.js, Laravel, JavaScript, and MySQL, achieving 100% on-time delivery and successful production deployment.Improved API and UI performance by 15%, enhanced technical documentation, and optimized the end-to-end development workflow. Key Highlights:• Translated complex business requirements into clear and actionable technical systems• Managed server procurement, deployment, and production release• Authored full user manuals and assisted project manager’s reporting process• Ensured secure API design through CORS, CSRF, session handling, input validation• Delivered on schedule, followed instructions, and met stakeholder needs• Simplified technical workflows for non-technical usersSkills:• Full-Stack Web Development (Vue.js, Laravel, REST API)• MySQL Database Optimization, Indexing• Deployment & Server Management (Linux, Apache, WinSCP/FTP)• Cybersecurity Basics (CORS, CSRF, Session, Validation)• API Design, Axios, Postman, Testing• Responsive Design, Bootstrap• Debugging, Firefox/Chrome DevToolsSoft Skills:• Business-to-Technical Translation• Project Documentation & Reporting• Deadline-Driven Delivery• Cross-Team Communication & Collaboration• UX Design for Non-Tech UsersTools:• Visual Studio Code, Chrome/Firefox Dev Tools, Postman, Burp Suite, WinSCP Show less
Licenses & Certifications
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Kaggle Computer Vision
KaggleOct 2024 - View certificate

Google Introduction to Large Language Models
Google Cloud Training OnlineMar 2024 - View certificate

Google Attention Mechanism (2024)
Google Cloud Training OnlineMar 2024 - View certificate

Google Introduction to Responsible AI
Google Cloud Training OnlineMar 2024 - View certificate

Dicoding SOLID Programming Principles
Dicoding IndonesiaMay 2025 - View certificate

Kaggle Time Series
KaggleMay 2025 - View certificate

Kaggle ML Explainability (XAI)
KaggleApr 2025 - View certificate

Career Essentials in Generative AI by Microsoft and LinkedIn
MicrosoftJul 2023 - View certificate

Google Transformer & BERT
Google Cloud Training OnlineMar 2024 - View certificate

Google Introduction to Generative AI
Google Cloud Training OnlineMar 2024
Volunteer Experience
Software Instructor
Issued by Facebook on May 2019
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoSenior Business Consultant
Issued by Facebook on Mar 2015
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoSoftware Instructor
Issued by Facebook on Dec 2018
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoDesktop Application Developer | Church Management System
Issued by Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana on Jan 2005
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoMentor
Issued by Universitas Kristen Duta Wacana on Jun 2003
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoTaught International Students | Python, ML, Math, LaTeX, Programming
Issued by Udacity on Dec 2023
Associated with Eka Dharma PranotoGovernment Database Developer | Citizen Data Management Systems
Issued by Government of Kebon Agung, Java, Indonesia on Jun 2004
Associated with Eka Dharma Pranoto
Languages
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- jaJapanese
- inIndonesian
- jaJavanese
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