Budi Putra is a technology journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Education
Born in Payakumbuh, West Sumatra of the Minangkabau land, Budi graduated with a Bachelor in History from Andalas University in Padang, West Sumatra and earned a master"s degree in the Communications Management at the University of Indonesia in Jakarta.
Career
He is currently working as Head of Digital for RGE Indonesia. His previous positions are Chief Executive Officer at The Jakarta Post Digital and as advisor at Singapore-based video streaming company Viki., and Country Editor at Yahoo! Indonesia. Prior to joining Yahoo! as Country Editor for Indonesia in October 2009, he was working as editor for Koran Tempo Daily and Tempo Interactive.
After resigned from Tempo on March 2007, Budi writes tech posts for SlashPhone and runs a Jakarta-based Asia Blogging Network.
Budi Putra was also a staff writer for English-language Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications Asia and the Jakarta Post. Budi has written four books on technology in Indonesian.