James Karwita, one of the award recipients and the achievement for the Award for Best Consultant in Business Performance category, has actually liked IT since elementary school. 
 
At that time James had the opportunity to take a computer class from the government. “When I was in grade 6 of Elementary School, I had the opportunity to take computer classes. There I began to learn about how to repair computers such as reinstalling, cleaning the hard drive, "said James. 
 
James interest continued when he was in high school. At that time, he started his hobby of installing anti-virus on his computer. James also continued to college by majoring in Information Systems at Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta. 
 
When carrying out an internship program from campus, James admitted to submitting CVs to all companies in the hope of being accepted by one of these companies. "Of all the CVs that were sent, it turned out that ED-SEN Consulting's HRD was the first to call me for an interview, so I have chosen ED-SEN Consulting as the place for internships," said James. 
 
During his internship, James began working on a project at ED-SEN Consulting. He said the first project he was working on was a planning budgeting platform at a multi-finance company in Indonesia. James admitted that he was happy to be able to work on his first project because it was an opportunity for him to explore his abilities. “My first project could explore a lot of things, but the downside was that there was no supervision, so I made a mistake. But so that I can learn from this mistake. "Said James. 
 
James's acquaintance with Anaplan occurred when James helped the Anaplan team work on the Anaplan project in a brand communications service provider. When I saw Anaplan, I didn't understand it at all because it was different from the platform I had worked on before. 
 
In the next project, James worked on another Anaplan project at a leading telecommunication company in Indonesia. While working on this project, James began to understand Anaplan thanks to direct guidance from the Anaplan team. 
 
The Anaplan project at a multi-finance company in Indonesia was the first project for James to work on Anaplan with the Project team. James said working on the Anaplan project at the company started from scratch. "In the past, the Anaplan team designed the telecommunication company, but in this project, we made our own designs." Said James. He added that the Anaplan project in a multi-finance company was Anaplan's first project undertaken by the ED-SEN Consulting team. 
 
James admitted that the challenge of working on the Anaplan project at the beginning was rather difficult because there was no supervision yet to monitor the project work. However, according to James, there is a positive side, namely, he has received a lot of knowledge from clients and from the Anaplan team. "From the Anaplan team, I learned how they run projects," said James. 
 
According to James, the Project Manager (PM) was very helpful in making the Anaplan project tidy. He also learned a lot from the PM which made the work more organized in terms of the work process and the timeline. 
 
For the difficulty level, working on this Anaplan project is almost non-existent. It's just that, for now, James admits that it is difficult to manage several of Anaplan's ongoing projects. James and his team are currently working on 4 Anaplan projects in several major companies in Indonesia. 
 
For the Work team, James felt that the team he currently had was very solid in working on these 4 projects. If there are problems in the team, they are usually discussed together while looking for solutions to problems faced in the project. 
 
From the client side, back then we had no experience when it was rather difficult to manage clients. So, if the client asks for a revision, the project team always works on it. But now, we can get better at managing clients. We also see the capacity of the team to what extent we can handle the wishes of the client in the project. 
 
Talking about the timeline, previously the project timeline was always packed with time. However, currently there is a PM involved to calculate how long the timeline will be. "Now, the timeline is quite long," said James. 
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During the Pandemic, James also admitted that he had no influence when he had to do Work from Home because for him since 2018, he has been working on projects at home. James said that when I worked on a project at a manufacturing company, I worked on it from home and had no problems with the Anaplan team and clients. "Once a week we have a meeting to report on how the project is progressing," said James. 
 
James said, when he had to Work from Office, usually James would use the opportunity to coordinate with clients. so, if there are problems, you can discuss it on the spot. "With the team, usually when the project schedule is tight, we will meet in Depok because it will be faster in processing. However, if the schedule is not busy, we can do it from home,” said James. 
 
In the future, James hopes to increase the number of learning platforms other than Anaplan. "In the future, I plan to learn about platforms other than Anaplan so that my knowledge will be broader about other platforms," said James. 

Friends of Edsen, one of the ED-SEN Consulting Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities in the month of Ramadan is Edsen sharing takjil. A total of 400 takjil packages were distributed in the two days of this activity.

The purpose of this activity is to share iftar meals with motorcyclists passing on the road around the ED-SEN Consulting office in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.

On the first day of Thursday (29/4) 200 takjil packages were distributed around the ED-SEN Consulting office in the Kirana Three Office Tower area, Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta. For the second day, Friday (30/4) 200 takjil packages will also be distributed in the area around Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta.

As a company, ED-SEN Consulting plays a role in improving the quality of life and a healthy environment for the Company, society and future generations. This commitment is manifested through the Social Responsibility program which is carried out consistently every year.

This is the figure behind the Finance and Accounting department at ED-SEN Consulting. Eulis Rianti is her name, she is the person in charge of finance and accounting in the company.

Starting her career at ED-SEN in 2016, Eulis is trusted to fill the Accounting Lead position at ED-SEN Consulting until now. For her great contribution, ED-SEN Consulting gave Eulis an Award for Women Leader of the Year for her dedication.

Eulis admitted that she was happy with the award she received and felt that her performance had been appreciated by the company. "This reward is actually one of the goals I want to achieve in my career," said Eulis. This award is for Eulis as a spirit to work even more optimally and hopes that next year Eulis will succeed in maintaining this achievement.

So far, Eulis admits that she really enjoys her job in the Accounting and Finance division. She often interacts with people in all departments at ED-SEN Consulting because all budget submissions in the company usually go through Finance and Accounting department along with all the documents.

During a pandemic like this time, it is a challenge for Eulis in carrying out her job. At the beginning of working at home, Eulis felt a little difficult because many finance documents were stored in the office. Eulis has also become accustomed to receiving invoices in soft copy since working at home. "Actually, working at home makes me less effective and efficient," said Eulis.

Eulis said that when she returned to work from the office, she started making invoices, which were soft copies into hard copies as materials for making financial reports. For this she must go the extra mile so that the result can be a neat.

The presence of Oracle NetSuite is a solution for Eulis because it makes her daily work easier. Apart from coordinating with managers in each department, NetSuite also made Eulis easier to monitor the funds submitted by them. "For the finance and accounting department, apart from doing all the input transactions made by the company to NetSuite, we are also filing the documents."

To further contribute to the company, Eulis hopes that this year she can increase her knowledge in the fields of finance, accounting, and tax by participating in training and seminars related to these three things. "There is a plan this year I want to take part in a few trainings on financial," said Eulis.

Eulis said that working in finance and accounting was what she wanted to do when she was in college. Eulis, who majored in Business Economics while studying, has experience working in the world of finance and accounting. Prior to joining ED-SEN Consulting, Eulis worked as an accounting in a private company. In 2016, Eulis joined ED-SEN Consulting and has served as Accounting Lead until now.

Happy, that's the feeling Budi Setiawan expressed when this year he became one of the awards and achievement recipients from ED-SEN Consulting. There is a sense of pride in Budi for receiving an award as Best Consultant in Business Analytics from the company in his first year joining ED-SEN Consulting.
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Budi Setiawan is part of the ED-SEN Consulting project team working on the Power Business Intelligence (BI) project. Budi is currently working on 2 Power BI projects in two different companies, namely GO-JEK and Danone.

Working on two projects was a challenge for Budi. He must divide his time so that the two projects he is working on can run simultaneously. Budi said, if there is a deadline in one of the projects, he will focus on one project first. Later, when I have finished one project, I will work on another project.

As a consultant, Budi wants to deepen his skills regarding Power BI. There are many things you want to learn about Power BI, from data analytics to machine learning. "I want to learn more about data analytics, data scientists, and machine learning. Let my insight into Business Intelligence be broader, "said Budi.

Budi said, lately many companies have implemented Business Intelligence as a system in their corporate business. for that he is eager to deepen his ability to better understand Business Intelligence, especially in terms of analytics.

This year, Budi also plans to take a certification from Microsoft as a requirement to become a Microsoft partner. "One of the requirements to pass the certification is to be able to be Microsoft Azure. I really want to be able to master Microsoft Azure so that it can be implemented in my work. " Said Budi.

Talking about the world of IT, Budi said that he has been interested in the world of IT since high school. At that time, Budi had started to learn about multimedia by using several existing software. From this interest, when he was in college Budi majored in Informatics Engineering at the Indraprasta PGRI University Jakarta. Budi said that in the beginning, he experienced difficulties when he was in college because there were several things he had just learned, such as system logic and complex mathematics.

Prior to joining ED-SEN Consulting, Budi had worked in an IT company in the support and development division. In this company, Budi is accustomed to using Oracle in carrying out his work. However, after joining ED-SEN Consulting Budi got a new challenge working on the Business Intelligence project. "Initially I applied for the position of Oracle Developer, but at ED-SEN Consulting I was trusted to work on the Business Intelligence project, and this was a new challenge for me." Said Budi.

Budi said that at the beginning of working on the Power BI project, he adjusted, especially in the use of tools for development. According to Budi, the tools in Power BI and Oracle are different even though logically the programs are the same. "At first, I learned about Power BI from Mr. Erwin, even at the beginning of my entry I was trained for 3 weeks with Mr. Erwin before finally being trusted to work on the Power BI project," said Budi.

Apart from training, Budi also tried to learn about Power BI by himself until he finally started to understand and get used to Power BI. "When I first worked on the Business Intelligence project, I found many complicated cases and it was quite difficult," said Budi.
 
Budi also admitted that he had a lot of discussions with Mr. Erman as the Project Manager who was responsible for the project he was working on. For complicated cases, Budi usually holds discussions with Mr. Erman and the team to find solutions to the cases we face.

Budi said that he wanted to give his best for the first Power BI project in GO-JEK that he was working on. There was a certain satisfaction and pride for Budi when I was from scratch and didn't understand Power BI until I finally saw that the Power BI dashboard could be used in a company as big as GO-JEK.

In the future, Budi is also eager to increase his insight and knowledge by studying Anaplan and Oracle NetSuite. Budi said that if later he was asked for help to work on the Anaplan or Oracle NetSuite project, he was ready to work on it.

Budi also has hopes for ED-SEN Consulting so that the company can grow even more and have more clients with more diverse projects.

​There is a sense of pride and happiness in Rian Luthfi Ghazali when this year he received an Award and Achievement from ED-SEN Consulting.

Rian is an ED-SEN Consulting employee who is trusted to be part of the NetSuite Project team. He admitted that he was happy with the award he received in the Best Consultant in Business Application category.

This award was the second award received by Rian after the previous year Rian also received an award from ED-SEN Consulting.

Rian has joined ED-SEN Consulting since November 2017. He admitted that since the beginning he was part of ED-SEN Consulting, he has learned a lot about databases because his basic knowledge has been in the programmer section. Prior to joining EDSEN Consulting, Rian was a game programmer and freelance working on several projects in the IT field.

Since joining ED-SEN Consulting, he has learned a lot about databases thanks to the guidance of Mr. Erwin Umar, his superior at the beginning of working on the Oracle project.

Rian said that when he first joined ED-SEN, he worked hard on the Oracle project. In fact, it is not uncommon for him to return home at night when he finishes his work. Rian said that when he first entered ED-SEN Consulting it was a learning phase for him to get to know databases and he really used it.
Apart from studying databases and Oracle, during his busy life he also learns knowledge and information by studying Anaplan and other ED-SEN Consulting services.

Currently, Rian is trusted to be part of the NetSuite team working on the NetSuite implementation project for ED-SEN Consulting clients. "From learning many things, I finally being trusted Pak Edwin Budiman to work at NetSuite." Rian said.

Being part of the NetSuite Rian team doesn't want to be half-assed. Many things he continues to learn from NetSuite, one of which is about Custom Applications. Since studying the custom application, he admitted that he could see what was wrong with the project he was working on and knew the details of the application. So according to him, we can develop more and not be monotonous and make work easier than the previous year because now we already know the knowledge.

In addition, in studying the Custom Application, he was also helped a lot by his colleagues to develop new ideas. Rian admitted that the presence of colleagues like Mr. Vicky Senjaya was very helpful and had a significant impact on the team and the projects that were being worked on.

Rian gave an example, Mr. Vicky Sanjaya, who has experience in terms of business processes, provided a lot of useful input for the team. In addition, the portion of work in the team is in accordance with what the team can do. If there is a job that is difficult or has not found a solution, usually the team is always open to discussion to find a solution.

Rian said that this year he will not only focus on custom applications, but Rian also has the desire to contribute more to the projects he is working on, especially NetSuite. Rian wanted to explore more good features to support the company's business processes, but it hasn't been mentioned much. For example, side charts in displaying data from multiple sources can be made more informative and interesting.
 
In the future, Rian hopes to increase his knowledge and insight in the IT field by participating in training and seminars. Rian admits that he really wants to study Big Data because he thinks that in the future Big Data will be very useful for analyzing various kinds of problems such as analyzing the Pandemic data as it is currently happening.