Sylvia Sumarlin

Regional Director, Indonesia

Sumarlin's passion for IT began when she had the opportunity to become an intern for Hewlett Packard Company in Palo Alto, California. In 1995, along with Rudy Hari, Sylvia co-founded PT Dyviacom Intrabumi (brand name "D~NET"), an internet service provider and IT integration company, and led it to become the first IT company to trade its shares at the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the year 2000. In 1999, Sumarlin and Hari set up an IT research and development company, PT Dama Persada and Sumarlin continues to serve as CEO today. Sumarlin received her Bachelor Degree in Economics in 1986 from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, and later obtained a dual Master Degrees in Economics and International Relations in 1989.