Chat : My Conversation with Frans Thamura

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Berawal dari rapat panitia IT fair tadi sore. Me, Aditya Saputra, Aditya Tnjung, Novita Mega mayasari dan Retno aulia vinarti. Ada beberap ide yang keluar, ngadain seminar bgtu. Saya kebagian dapet tugas bwat menghubungi pembicaranya. Salah satu calon pembicara yang saya hubungi adalah oom Frans Thamura.

Siapa seh oom Frans Thamura ini? Saya kutip dari beberapa sumber nih. Pertama dari dev.java.net.

Frans Thamura JUGIndonesia Leader - (Oct ‘05) - Frans is the JUG leader and founder of JUGIndonesia which is one of Sun’s Top 50 JUGs. He’s active community contributor on java.net through his JUG; He’s working on an Open Source collaboration Project based on Java called Blue Oxygen. Frans is also a CEO of a java consulting firm in Indonesia: Meruvian. Frans spent the last 8 years in the Indonesian Software/IT industry; supported clients like Lufthansa, Arther Andersen consulting, Compaq, and the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation. Frans’ JUG leadership is expanding the Java Community’s reach into developing nations like Indonesia.

Yang selanjutnya dari Oracle.com.

Frans’ world revolves around Java. He is a real Java programmer from a Java island. He owns and operates several Java-related IT companies in Indonesia. He works very closely with his government to develop a Java standard for Indonesia as well as helps to create a Java curriculum for standard education with the education ministry. He is the founder of Java User Group (JUG) Indonesia, one of the Top 50 Java Communities in the world and one of the biggest focus groups in Indonesia. Frans has helped several new IT companies to operate a Java business division, and helped them to develop a branding strategy for their company. Frans works very close with Oracle Indonesia to penetrate the Java/Middleware market. He has hosted Oracle Gelatika Day, an Oracle Java community event in Indonesia. For the last 5 years, Frans has also been an Oracle E-Business Suite consultant.

Dari sumbernya aja udah keren. Oom yang satu ini emang luar binasa. Setelah ngrim email dan dibales. Akhirnya malem ni dapet kesempatan bwat YM ama Java Champions dan Oracle Ace Director ini. Niatnya mau nanya prosedur bwat ngundang beliau. Berikut beberapa cuplikannya.