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12 May 2026

Leadership Experience: Nikal, Kompit, and Koinworks

Senior Engineering Manager / Head of IT experience across fintech lending, IT operations, budgeting, hiring, SDLC, delivery metrics, and Agile pods.

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Nikal / UlyssesTwo — Senior Engineering Manager / Head of IT

Sept 2025 – Present. Leading multiple engineering squads across core platform, integrations, and workflow systems to support scalable fintech operations. Responsibilities include engineering budget planning, cost forecasting, cloud spend optimization, hiring, onboarding, probation evaluation, SDLC SOPs, quality gates, and architecture decisions for onboarding workflows, lending systems, and third-party integrations.

Kompit — Djarum Group — Head of IT

Sept 2024 – Sept 2025. Defined IT SOPs reducing operational redundancies by 25%, led proof-of-concept initiatives improving service reliability by 15%, managed IT budgeting within 5% of allocated budget, hired and onboarded 10+ IT professionals, negotiated vendor contracts saving up to 15%, and achieved 95% on-time project delivery.

Koinworks — Engineering Manager

Oct 2022 – Aug 2024. Managed Funding Core and NEO Core Banking Agile pods, delivered 100% of sprint commitments on time, implemented Jira automation reducing manual workload by 40%, standardized workflows across 6+ pods, and supported fintech delivery across funding, lending, core banking, and operational systems.