Our Instructors

We conduct the training for people who are involved in Digital Transformation to speed up the transfer of knowledge and change the culture of work.

Salis S. Aprilian, Ph.D.

Salis accomplished a Ph.D. degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1998 and obtained his Bachelor and Master degrees in Petroleum Engineering from Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) in 1987 and 1993.

Before he took early retirement from Pertamina in April 2018, he was Technical Expert/Strategic Adviser to Gas Directorate, PT Pertamina (Persero). He joined Pertamina in September 1989 and has been assigned to various technical and managerial key positions in Pertamina Upstream and Downstream business, such as: President Director & CEO PT Badak LNG; Pertamina Hulu Energy (PHE); Pertamina EP (PEP); and Pertamina EP Cepu (PEPC). He has written tens of technical papers and some articles (opinions) about oil, gas, LNG, and energy in several professional journals, technical conference proceedings, magazines, and newspapers.

He published the book with the title of “MEMBANGUN(KAN) PERUSAHAAN ENERGI NASIONAL” in 2012; "The (L)earning Company" in 2020; and "REJUVENATION !" in 2021. He is very active in professional organizations, such as SPE, IATMI, IPA, IGS, METI, and IAGI. He has shared and taught various subjects in reservoir engineering, production optimization, oil/gas field development, gas & LNG, new renewable energies, and practical/strategic management.

Peter Cockcroft

Peter Cockcroft, a very experienced Petroleum industry veteran, has taught this popular course all over the world, including in London, Houston, the Middle East, and Asia. He has been in charge of about 50 farm-ins and farm-outs during his International career, and is co-auther of "Successful Farmins & Farmouts for Oil & Gas Professionals".

He is also a globally renowned energy expert, with over 40 years of executive experience in global energy operations, as well as being a board director (both executive and non-executive) for many global companies, on every continent. Thus, he is uniquely qualified to lead organizations along their energy transition path with a one-day “hands-on” workshop for Boards, as well as a general Energy Transition training week for both public and in-house covering Emissions reporting, the role of carbon markets, Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, as well as the role of Hydrogen in your decarbonization journey.

Herianto, BE., Ir., Drs., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Herianto, Born in Pekanbaru on June 21, 1959 and his education was Ph.D in the field of Petroleum Engineer. As a Senior Lecturer in the Petroleum Engineering Study Program of UPN Veteran Yogyakarta who has been teaching since 1983, a Postgraduate Lecturer in the Petroleum Engineering Master Program, a Masters Program in Geological Engineering at UPN Veteran Yogyakarta, a Postgraduate Lecturer in the Chemical Engineering Program at Riau University, a Senior Trainer and a team of expert consultants in several companies petroleum.

Three years of work experience as Support Manager at Geo Ques Schlumberger, Consultant at Indonesia Power, PLN Geothermal, BP Migas, Director General of Oil and Gas, National Energy Council on National Energy Security Projects, Energy Infrastructure. As a team of experts on the discussion of the Ministerial Regulation on the Old Well Contract Model, the CBM Contract Model, and the Study of Oil and Gas Prospects in Arafuru, Savu, and Timor. Guci Central Java Geothermal Prospect, Tulehu Ambon Geothermal Prospect Development. From 2000-2018 he became the Instructor Team on Drilling Certification IADC and WCS for Well Control, Well Integrity, and Geothermal Drilling.

Herianto, is still an instructor in many oil-related pieces of training for companies throughout Indonesia, including Pertamina, Chevron, Badak LNG, Total Indonesie, Conoco Philips, Petrochina, CNOOC, Vico, Mobil Oil Indonesia, Ministery of Mining and Energy, Unocal Indonesia, Geoservices, Next Schlumberger, Lemigas, IATMI, APMI-IWPL Migas and PPTM Migas. Since 2008 he has provided training for more than 50 topics at Chevron Pacific Indonesia. Total Indonesie, Pertamina EP, PHE, Chevron Geothermal Energy, in 2011-2015 Dr. Herianto serves as President Director of PT. Riau Petroleum, BUMD Riau Province. He has done a lot of research in the oil and gas and geothermal fields and has published and held seminars in National and International forums.

Adriansyah, Ph.D.

Adriansyah born in 1960. He holds a Bachelor's and Masters in Geosciences Engineering from the Bandung Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in Geoscience from the University of Texas and is actively involved in the activities of the IAGI association, and HAGI.

Started his career as a Processing Geophysics at PT GECO Schlumberger Indonesia in 1987, joined Pertamina in 1989 as Operational Geophysics at UEP I Pangkalan Brandan, then became a Geophysics Method Development Specialist at the Upstream Technology Center in 2000. In 2009 he was appointed as Vice President of Upstream Technology Center , then became Senior Vice President of Upstream Business Development in 2012. In April 2013 was appointed President Director of PT Pertamina Geothermal Energi (PGE), then in October 2013 became President Director of PT Pertamina EP (PEP). He served as President Director of PT Pertamina EP Cepu on April 23, 2015-2017. In 2002-2004 he was elected President of the Association of Indonesian Geophysicists (HAGI).

Currently also teaching Seismic Data Processing courses at the University of Indonesia Post Graduate program.

Ir. Iswahyudi

Iswahyudi obtained a bachelor’s degree in the Department of Petroleum Engineering, National Development University “Veteran” Yogyakarta. He received a scholarship from PERTAMINA.

During his career, he was assigned to lead and manage various challenging large oil & gas projects. His scope of work includes developing and managing multiple project management teams to deliver multiple, multiple phases of a project. He is also responsible for managing and conducting contract package development reviews, clarifications, and negotiations with bidders or contractors and checking and challenging commercial/contractual terms to avoid contract documentation traps.

He is a facilitator, trainer and speaker with experience in the following skills: POD, WP&B, and AFE; Gas Handling; Mature Field Management “Techniques & Strategies to Increase Oil Production”; Applied Reservoir Engineering; Well Operations; Petroleum Engineering for Non-Petroleum Engineers; Surface Production & Factory Processing Facilities; Drilling Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS); Supply Chain Management (SCM) in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry; PTK 007 Rev 4; Project Management for Production Facilities; Production Facilities Maintenance Management; Project Management for the Oil & Gas Industry; PSC introduction; Gross Division; Cost Control & Financial Reporting for Upstream Oil & Gas Operations Under the Indonesian PSC; Cost Recovery Control Mechanism in Taxation & Implementation of PP 79/2010; Oil & Gas Industry Financial Statement Analysis; Oil Economics, Risk & Fiscal Analysis; Indonesian PSC Financial Aspects; Petroleum Economic Analysis & Accounting; Petroleum Project & Risk Analysis; Integrated Oil & Gas Portfolio and Economy Projects in the Upstream Oil & Gas Industry; Upstream Oil & Gas Project Petro Economic Evaluation & Analysis; PSC Accounting & Taxation; and many more.

Dr. Andre Herlambang, M.Acc., Ak, CA, CFP, CRMP, CHRM

Dr. Andre Herlambang is a financial practitioner who has held various managerial positions at PT Pertamina (Persero) group, most recently serving as Finance and Business Support for PT Pertamina Lubricants. Previously, Dr. Andre Herlambang served as Finance Director of PT Pelita Air Services, and President Commissioner of PT Indopelita Air Services.

Dr. Andre Herlambang obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Economics, Padjadjaran University, majoring in Accounting (SE), Bandung, a master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA (M.Acc), and a doctorate degree from the Economics and Finance Program from Trisakti University (Dr), Jakarta.

C. Cordova, M.Sc.

Graduated from Engineering Physics Department of Bandung Institute of Technology in 2008 with specialization in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Cordova begin his career in one of Indonesia’s Private Oil & Gas Company as instrument and automation engineer where he gained his experience in facility development, operation, and maintenance.

Interested in Sustainable Energy Technology, he received his Master of Science in 2013 from TU Eindhoven in The Netherlands, and KTH Stockholm in Sweden with specialization in solar thermal energy conversion. In the same year, Cordova continue his career by joining YOKOGAWA Europe in The Netherlands as System Engineer, as well as Technology Specialist and involved in several projects and technology implementations for various industries, such as oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, metal, and utility. In addition, he was involved in new product development for safety improvement based on optical technology.

With motivation to contribute to his country, in 2019 Cordova decided to bring his international experience back to Indonesia and continue his activity with YOKOGAWA Indonesia as System Specialist and lately as Digital Transformation consultant. He is certified SIRI consultant with experience to support process and manufacturing industries to begin their Digital Transformation journey by prioritizing the most impactful area considering the company’s process, technology, and its organization. Currently he is part of YOKOGAWA global digital consulting team.

Sudarto Ramli, MM.

Graduated from Engineering Physics Department of Bandung Institute of Technology in 1988, Sudarto Ramli begin his career as Instrumentation Engineer and join YOKOGAWA team as System Project Engineer 6 years after. He dedicated his lifetime career to develop YOKOGAWA Indonesia engineering team and accomplish several key achievements such as establishment of engineering workflow based on ISO:9001:2000 and quality management system based on ISO:9001:2008. His last position as Technical Director until 2020, and currently serves as YOKOGAWA Indonesia Technology Advisor responsible in assisting Board of Directors in advancing Digital Transformation development and implementation in the industry.

Beside his professional career, Sudarto has been appointed as member of Advisory Board by Industrial Technology Faculty of Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), to advise Instrumentation & Control curriculum improvement and development to achieve accreditation by Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).