Technical consulting
Griand Giwanda
Technical Consultant Application Specialist
Tasikmalaya
Summary
Seeking a challenging and responsible position to contribute my skills and effort for the growth of the organization and company. Looking for a dynamic role to leverage my skills, creativity, and commitment to drive growth. Eager to collaborate with a forward-thinking team, enhance expertise, and deliver impactful results.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1999
1999
years of post-secondary education
40
40
Certifications
Work History
Technical Consultant Application Specialist
PT Becton Dickinson Indonesia
11.2011 - Current
Supporting and 'Executing' Indonesian Tuberculosis project:
- Ensure BD-USAID lab strengthening project is executing and running, including; application training, troubleshooting and QC
- Monitoring and updating information for the entire site where TB Lab which have diagnostic & drug resistancy instrument (MGIT & BD MAX)
- Monitoring and troubleshooting for interoperability between SITB and Epicenter software data management
Supporting for New Instrument Installation and training for Laboratories or Institution in Indonesia
- Providing technical expertise and support stakeholders regarding automated Clinical microbiology from specimen, culturing, identification, susceptibility to reporting
- Ensure after installation customer will get proper and comprehensive application training comply to BD standard
- Monitoring first running and knowledge upgrade after installation to endorse customer to adopt best practices
Supporting BD DS reagent utilization, application and marketing activities
- Ensure the entire site where instrument installed (Phoenix and MGIT) using reagent properly according BD recommendation
- Supporting e-catalog documentation and requirement to expand BD market in the public hospitals and local MoH and involve in the marketing event
- Trouble shooting application in the customer in coordination with other team members, to make sure response within 2 two working days
- Offer consultancy services to clients on the selection, customization, and optimization of medical devices to meet their specific needs, providing recommendations and solutions tailored to their requirements
- Provide scientific information about the products, and gather market intelligence to inform the company’s strategies
Entomology Lab. Foreman
PT Freeport Indonesia
05.2010 - 11.2011
- Company Overview: Industrial- Public Health & Malaria Control
- Ensure the quality and accurate work from the entomology laboratory
- Provides didactic hands‐on training of laboratory assay, safety and standard operating procedures to subordinate
- Supervise all assays for mosquito’s identification, rearing, the resistance test using up to date methodologies
- Supervise and responsible for the availability of laboratory supplies, reagents, media, and equipment to ensure continuity of laboratory operations
- Industrial- Public Health & Malaria Control
Medical Research Technician (acting clinical Lab. Supervisor)
U.S. NAMRU‐2/United State Naval Medical Research Unit No.2
09.2002 - 03.2010
- Ensure the quality and accurate work from the clinical microbiology laboratory
- Supervise all assays for precise isolation, identification, and the antibiotic susceptibility test using up to date methodologies
- Supervise and perform the microscopic parasite examination
- Supervise and responsible for long term cryo‐preservation and the availability of laboratory supplies, reagents, media, and equipment to ensure continuity of laboratory operations
- Provides didactic hands‐on training of laboratory assay and standard operating procedures to subordinate, training guest from other institutions, and students attached in the laboratory
Copy Editor
PT. Pustaka Pembangunan Swadaya Nusantara
08.2001 - 07.2002
- Ensure the clarity, consistency, accuracy, and overall quality of written content before it is published
- Reviewing manuscripts, articles, or other written materials to check for spelling, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and consistency in style, tone, and format
- Working closely with authors, editors, and the production team to refine content and prepare it for publication
Health Assistance
PT. Merlindo Rekamatra Indonesia
07.1999 - 08.2000
- Building and maintaining relationships with healthcare providers
- Increasing product awareness, and ensuring that products are available and visible in medical establishments
- Provide scientific information about the products, and gather market intelligence to inform the company’s strategies
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Padjadjaran University
Bandung, Indonesia11-1998
Magister of Biomedic - Microbiology
University of Indonesia
01.2009 - 01.2010
Skills
User training
Clinical microbiology
Client relationship building
Microsoft office
Infectious diseases
Tuberculosis
Infection Prevention Control
Presentation
Technical guidance
Clinical management data
Data analysis
Certification
Infodemic management: Developing an infodemic insights report, openwho.org
Infodemic Management: Addressing health misinformation and disinformation, openwho.org
Infodemic Management: Defining a taxonomy for social listening, openwho.org
Infodemic Management: Using human-centered design good practices, openwho.org
Infodemic Management: Working effectively as an infodemic manager in the field, openwho.org
6 steps for sustainable implementation of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance, openwho.org
Standard precautions: The role of personal protective equipment, openwho.org
Infodemic management 101, openwho.org
Tuberculosis preventive treatment, openwho.org
Tropical Dermatology: a syndrome-based approach, openwho.org
Vaccine Safety Basics, openwho.org
CBDE Awareness: Recognizing Signs of Deliberate Release of Chemical or Biological Agents, openwho.org
Outbreak investigations in health facilities, openwho.org
Monitoring and evaluation of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance, openwho.org
Avian and other zoonotic influenza: Introduction, openwho.org
Standard precautions: Hand hygiene, openwho.org
Standard precautions: Environmental cleaning and disinfection, openwho.org
Decontamination and sterilization of medical devices, openwho.org
Standard precautions: Injection safety and needle-stick injury management, openwho.org
Standard precautions: Waste management, openwho.org
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) core components and multimodal strategies, openwho.org
Transmission-based Precautions, openwho.org
Prevention of antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control, openwho.org
Malaria elimination, openwho.org
Prevention of vascular catheters-associated bloodstream infections, openwho.org
Health-care associated infection surveillance, openwho.org
WHO Policy Guidance on Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities, openwho.org
Drug-resistant tuberculosis: how to interpret rapid molecular test results, openwho.org
CBDE: Preparedness for Health First Responders, openwho.org
Superficial Fungal Infections: Training of health workers at national and district levels on skin-NTDs, openwho.org
Antimicrobial Resistance in the environment: key concepts and interventions, openwho.org
Systematic screening for tuberculosis disease, openwho.org
Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence for Health, openwho.org
Inequality analysis using R: Disaggregated data from surveys, openwho.org
Inequality analysis using Excel: Disaggregated data, openwho.org
Go.Data: Building additional dashboards in Power BI, openwho.org
Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach, openwho.org
Basic microbiology, openwho.org
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for Influenza and SARS-CoV-2: From Sample Collection to Analysis, openwho.org
Rapid diagnostics for tuberculosis detection, openwho.org
Seminar attendance
- National Seminar, Environment protection to prevent Industrial effect on Ecosystem Balance, Bandung, 11/25/95
- Commercial Photography Seminar, Bandung, 05/10/96
- Right Building The Network, Bandung, 11/20/96
- Career Development Seminar, Bandung, 03/31/97
- Trend Photo ‘98, Bandung, 10/25/97 - 10/26/97
- Advertising seminar, Menyiasati Realitas, Mengembangkan Kreatifitas, Bandung, 07/24/98
- Multimedia Technology in 21st Century Seminar, Bandung, 08/08/98
- Commercial Photography Seminar, Bandung, 09/15/98
- Black & White Photography Seminar, Bandung, 09/16/98
- Islam and Ecology Seminar, Bandung, 03/11/99
Speaker on event
- Pertemuan pembinaan dan bimbingan teknis pelayanan laboratorium kesehatan bagi petugas laboratorium puskesmas, rumah sakit dan laboratorium kesehatan daerah, 04/25/13, BBLK Pontianak
- Proses Pengerjaan Mikrobiologi Kultur (Teknis striking sampai Tes Kepekaan Antibiotik), 08/28/16, Seminar Ilmiah Patelki Wilayah Blitar
- A to Z Industrial Microbiology Seminar, 11/17/16, PT Menjangan Sakti Jakarta
- E-Learning Penyegaran Pemeriksaan Uji Kepekaan Menggunakan MGIT, 07/21/21 - 07/29/21, NTP-Project Hope, Jakarta
- Biosafety Biosecurity Cara Aman Bekerja Di Laboratorium, 11/06/22, Pelatihan ATLM Komprehensif - PDS Patklin & Patelki wilayah Sumatera Selatan, Palembang
Letter of appreciation
- 09/01/02 - 08/01/03, Laboratories staff, Surveillance Prevaccination of Typhoid Fever, Cholera, and Shigellosis on North Jakarta
- 07/21/03, Contributions to the outstanding performance of The Enteric Disease Program, U.S. NAMRU-2, Jakarta
- 04/29/05, Quarterly Award, as research technologist in Bacterial Diseases Program U.S. NAMRU-2, Jakarta
- 04/29/05, Aceh Award, for exceptional work, dedicating hundreds of weekend and after hours to establish an infectious diseases laboratory in Banda Aceh in response to December 26, 2004 tsunami.
- 07/28/05, Contributions during a flu outbreak in Tangerang, Indonesia
Awards
- 06/26/97, Winner of Insect Photography Salon – Student Level, on Entomology Congress, Bandung
- 07/15/97, 'In action' picture displayed on Pikiran Rakyat newspaper
- 03/07/03, 4th winner of Insect Photography Salon, on Entomology Congress, Cipayung-Bogor
- 01/01/16, Spot Award, Showing Scientific commitment in front of customers by consistently providing best practices leadership and significant extended working hours in the weekend in FY16
Publications
- Poster; Shigella‐associated diarrhea among pediatric populations residing in North Jakarta, Indonesia, D.S. Subekti, M. Agtini, M. Lesmana, B.A. Oyofo, C.H. Simanjuntak, N. Nuraini, L. Waslia, Y.W. Santy, G. Giwanda, L. von Seidlein, N.H. Punjabi, S.P. Pulungsih, S.D. Putnam, J. Clemens,
- Oral presentation; Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Pediatric Diarrhea Patients, 02/01/04 - 01/01/05, Griand Giwanda, Olfinia, Hartono H, Kartika Sari, Magdarina Agtini, Amarila Malik, Erlin Listiyaningsih, Matthew R. Kasper, Shannon D Putnam,
- Panduan Praktis Belajar Fotografi, PUSPA SWARA, Jakarta,
- Panduan Praktis Menciptakan Foto Menarik, PUSPA SWARA, Jakarta,
- Panduan Praktis Teknik Studio Foto, PUSPA SWARA, Jakarta,
- Panduan Praktis Fotografi Digital, PUSPA SWARA, Jakarta
Training and workshop
- Computer Program Application, Bandung, 08/06/93 - 08/18/93
- The Natural Conservation Cadre Trainee, Taman Buru Gn. Masigit, West Java, 12/21/94 - 12/24/94
- Photograph Technique with Economic Equipment workshop, Bandung, 12/11/96
- Bird Banding work shop, Bandung, 12/13/96
- Koran Translation Trainee-TAQUA Method, Bandung, 01/18/97 - 01/25/97
- Banking Training 1997, Bandung, 01/01/97
- A 240-hour course in GENERAL ENGLISH BASIC LEVELS, Bandung, 01/01/97
- A 176-hour course in GENERAL ENGLISH INTERMEDIATE LEVELS, Bandung, 01/01/99
- Workshop Sepsis, Solo, 07/21/05
- Workshop in Helminthology & Protozoology, Jakarta, 03/03/08 - 03/17/08
- Bacteriology Proficiency Educational Course, Jakarta, 10/28/08 - 11/01/08
- Leadership Skill for Junior Supervisor Workshop, Jakarta, 02/02/09 - 02/04/09
- Landscape Photography Workshop, Tembagapura, 05/29/10 - 05/30/10
- Phoenix – Epicenter Basic Training, Taichung, Taiwan, 02/17/13 - 02/22/13
- Phoenix Hands on Training, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 08/18/13 - 08/23/13
- Epicenter Training for Application Specialist, Kuala Lumpur, 05/19/14 - 05/24/14
- BD Bactec, Phoenix & Epicenter Training, Mandalay, Myanmar, 10/09/14 - 10/18/14
- MGIT Application Training, Sibu, Malaysia, 01/11/15 - 01/16/15
- BD Phoenix Application Training, Kuching, Malaysia, 02/02/15 - 02/05/15
- Epicenter Advance Training, Taipei, Taiwan, 03/22/15 - 03/28/15
- MGIT 320 & Epicenter Training, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 06/07/15 - 06/17/15
- Phoenix & Epicenter Training, Singapore, 03/13/16 - 03/18/16
- Presentation Skills and Public Speaking, Jakarta, 10/18/16 - 10/19/16
- MGIT Application Training, Makati, Philippines, 12/11/16 - 12/17/16
Timeline
Technical Consultant Application Specialist
PT Becton Dickinson Indonesia
11.2011 - Current
Entomology Lab. Foreman
PT Freeport Indonesia
05.2010 - 11.2011
Magister of Biomedic - Microbiology
University of Indonesia
01.2009 - 01.2010
Medical Research Technician (acting clinical Lab. Supervisor)
U.S. NAMRU‐2/United State Naval Medical Research Unit No.2
09.2002 - 03.2010
Copy Editor
PT. Pustaka Pembangunan Swadaya Nusantara
08.2001 - 07.2002
Health Assistance
PT. Merlindo Rekamatra Indonesia
07.1999 - 08.2000
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Padjadjaran University
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