About

Sutan Ashari
Mufti

Infrastructure planner. Urban systems thinker.
Software engineer by practice.

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"The planning instinct shapes the questions. The engineering capability shapes the answers."

The foundation is in planning. A BSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the Bandung Institute of Technology, followed by an MSc in Infrastructure Planning, Appraisal and Development from University College London, established the core discipline: how cities are shaped, how infrastructure is financed, and how large-scale decisions ripple through communities over decades.

Early career work as an urban planner in Bandung, an internship within the Bandung city government, and a transport consultancy role with the World Bank Group in Jakarta all reinforced that foundation. The work was spatial, analytical, and rooted in the built environment. Transport appraisal, GIS-based spatial planning, and feasibility assessment formed the toolkit.

Work at Amberside Energy in London, partnered with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, brought a further dimension: land appraisal and site selection for solar infrastructure at scale. Software engineering entered not as a career change, but as a practical necessity. Integrating spatial datasets, structuring project workflows, and helping project managers interpret grid quality data required building the digital tools that traditional planning practice had not yet developed.

The result is a practice built at the crossroads of urban planning, infrastructure finance, and digital systems. The engineering capability is always in service of planning objectives, not an end in itself.

Career

Work Experience

2025 – Present

Bandung, Indonesia

CoFounder and Technical Expert

Enums.id

Enums.id is a software company specialising in GIS and cloud-based geospatial systems, providing infrastructure solutions to clients across Indonesia.

  • —Technical expert and investor
  • —CI/CD pipeline development and cloud infrastructure management
  • —Backend development for company products
  • —Transport modelling for urban and transport consultancy projects

2022 – 2025

London, United Kingdom

Senior Manager (Software)

Amberside Energy Ltd · partnered with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

Team manager responsible for land appraisal, site selection analysis, and software development supporting solar farm development across the United Kingdom.

  • —Land appraisal analysis and site selection for solar and battery storage projects
  • —Grid quality assessment, helping project managers understand connection constraints and capacity
  • —Built software tools to integrate spatial datasets and structure project data and workflows
  • —Large-scale GIS data pipelines processing millions of records in Python and TypeScript
  • —Full-stack web development and DevOps for internal business tooling

2021 – 2022

Jakarta, Indonesia

Transport Consultant

The World Bank Group · STT Consultant

Member of the transport team, supporting infrastructure appraisal and feasibility studies across major transit projects in Indonesia.

  • —Transport appraisal for Bandung and Medan Bus Rapid Transit projects
  • —GTFS modelling to assess project feasibility with GIS
  • —Financial analysis for port development feasibility

2019 – 2020

Bandung, Indonesia

Urban Planner

Ulab Magnaversa

Urban design consultancy firm, with Python and ArcGIS Pro as primary analytical tools.

  • —Research on urban spatial planning policy in West Java and Jakarta
  • —Typology analysis for Transit-Oriented Development at LRT Jakarta (Velodrome–Pegangsaan Dua)
  • —Built environment analysis across urban design projects in Jakarta and West Java

2018 – 2019

Bandung, Indonesia

Planning Intern

Bapperida Kota Bandung

Municipal government body responsible for planning regional development, conducting research, and fostering innovation in Bandung City.

  • —GIS services for the Bandung Spatial Plan (RTRW)
  • —Supported procurement of the Environmental Impact Analysis (KLHS) for Bandung Spatial Plan

Qualifications

Education

2020 – 2021

MSc Infrastructure Planning,
Appraisal and Development

University College London, United Kingdom

Dissertation

LRT Jakarta Development Decision Making Analysis

Key Modules

  • Infrastructures as Agents of Change
  • Business Cases for Infrastructure
  • Critical Issues in Infrastructure Funding, Financing & Investment
  • Risk, Uncertainty and Complexity in Decision-Making
  • Sustainability and Major Infrastructure Investments
  • Environmental Assessment and Management

2014 – 2019

BSc Urban and
Regional Planning

Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia

Dissertation

Walkability Study of the Bandung Institute of Technology Neighbourhood

Activities

  • ITB Student Orchestra, management team and 2017 concert producer
  • Student Exchange programme, Ritsumeikan University, Osaka, 2017

Digital Work

Selected Projects

Projects contributed to, built, or co-developed.

Urban Narrative

Cerita Peta

An interactive story map presenting Indonesia's first high-speed railway through maps, visuals, and narrative text. Demonstrates the ability to communicate infrastructure stories to a public audience.

Infrastructure Mapping

Java Infra Map

Open-source web map visualising infrastructure across Java Island, Indonesia. Utilises AI to surface the latest infrastructure news in an interactive map format.

Knowledge Platform

Rekayasa Data

A knowledge-sharing publication on spatial data engineering and geospatial data science, aimed at Indonesian built environment professionals.

Personal Website

sutan.co.uk

Personal website built in TypeScript with Vite and deployed via CI/CD on GitHub Pages. Open-source.

Curriculum Vitae

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