He earned his degree in Informatics Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung in 2005. He spent seven years working as a back-end software engineer and data analyst for a telecommunications company in Indonesia. In 2016, he joined the tech-driven ocean conservation organization Global Fishing Watch (GFW) as a technical liaison and analyst for a fisheries transparency project in Indonesia.

During his time with GFW, he supported the integration of fishing vessel tracking data between Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) and GFW, as outlined in their technical agreement. He served as a key communication bridge at the technical level between MMAF and GFW, and was responsible for delivering alerts and notifications related to illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing to the ministry. His work contributed to the detection and enforcement of several high-profile IUU fishing cases, including the apprehensions of MV NIKA in 2019 and Fu Yuan Yu 831 in 2017.

He joined the Indonesia Ocean Justice Initiative (IOJI) in 2021 as a Senior Analyst and currently serves as a Maritime Security Analyst. In this role, he regularly produces maritime security threat reports and alerts that support the operations of Indonesian law enforcement agencies. He continues to contribute to the detection of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities, leading to enforcement actions in several high-profile cases, including the apprehension of Vietnamese fishing vessels in Natuna, the Run Zeng case, and Yue Lu Yu 28359.

Together with his colleagues, he has contributed to several publications and investigative report on fisheries and maritime security in Indonesia.

1. Opportunity to Export Fish Directly From the Outermost Islands of Indonesia: Exploring Value Chain and Power Dynamics in Fisheries (https://doi.org/10.33997/j.afs.2024.37.2.003)
2. The Impact of Inter-State Disputes on Environmental Sustainability and Human Security: The Case of the North Natuna Sea (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-59903-3_9)
3. The Fish Thieves Who Return to Jokowi’s Second Period (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6yU0M8WOM8)

His work in detection and analysis has played a key role in facilitating an agreement between IOJI and the Directorate General of Surveillance at Indonesia’s Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) in June 2025.