I grew up in Jakarta, where pollution and congestion were daily realities. After working as a mechanical engineer at Tesla and Hyperloop, I returned to Southeast Asia during the pandemic and saw how broken last-mile delivery was — costly, unsustainable, and dominated by gas-powered fleets. I realized that to drive systemic change, we needed to reimagine logistics from the ground up — powered by EVs, driven by software, and made accessible to gig workers. That’s why I founded Blitz: to decarbonize urban mobility while empowering frontline workers. Sustainability isn’t just a goal for me — it’s a lens through which I build businesses.

I led the development of Blitz’s EV-first logistics platform that now enables more than 500,000 monthly deliveries using zero-emission vehicles. We’ve built Southeast Asia’s first distributed charging network for 2-wheel EVs, deployed over 4,000 electric bikes, and created a Mobile Selling model that reduces food waste and brings micro-entrepreneurs directly to customers. We’ve also digitized delivery performance to reduce idle time, optimize energy use, and lower per order emissions.

One of our biggest challenges was making EV adoption accessible for delivery drivers who typically lack access to credit. We overcame this by building a lease-to-own model tied to driver income, derisking repayments through enterprise delivery contracts.

Another challenge was building trust in EV performance for logistics; we addressed this by investing in charging infrastructure and battery swap hubs, and tightly integrating route planning tech to reduce range anxiety.

I am proud of the work my company does, as well as of its achievements.