Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan is the Director-General of Application & Informatics in the Ministry of Communication & Informatics, Republic of Indonesia. Prior to his involvement in the Ministry, he has 20+ years of experience leading a business in the industry telecommunication, as he is also actively participating in national and international organizations relating to the governance and use of the internet.
In his government role, he focused on accelerating Indonesia’s agenda on digital transformation in three fields, namely society, business, and government through application and informatics development programs, which are carried out in synergy with various stakeholders, to create a conducive climate for the community in the digital development, while being able to increase and encourage investment as well community economic improvement.
He believes that technology is a mere enabler and the mindset to transform is the main thing.