Sutan Mufti

My professional foundation is in urban and infrastructure planning. I was trained as a planner before becoming deeply involved with software, completing a BSc in Urban Planning at Institut Teknologi Bandung and an MSc in Infrastructure Planning, Appraisal, and Development at University College London.

I work with software not as an end in itself, but as a means to strengthen planning, appraisal, and decision-making processes. Cities and infrastructure systems are inherently spatial, complex, and data-rich — and my work focuses on using geospatial analysis, modelling, and automation to make those systems more legible and actionable.

In practice, this has meant operating at the intersection of planning and engineering. I have supported infrastructure and transport projects by building spatial data models, analytical workflows, and planning tools that translate policy questions into evidence. My experience spans public-sector contexts, such as transport appraisal and GTFS-based transit modelling, as well as private-sector infrastructure development and energy planning.

Over time, I have increasingly taken on technical leadership responsibilities — designing data pipelines, cloud environments, and geospatial platforms — while maintaining a planning-led perspective. I am not a software engineer at heart; rather, I use engineering disciplines to extend the reach and impact of urban and infrastructure planning.

I am particularly drawn to problems that sit between disciplines: where spatial thinking, infrastructure economics, policy constraints, and technical systems meet. I value clarity, restraint, and solutions that scale responsibly — both technically and institutionally.