Application Letter

October 10, 2010

Mr. Ardi Sanjaya
Vice-President of Sales
PT. Fastron Electronic
Jl. M.H. Thamrin kav. 12 A
South Jakarta

I am applying for a position as Sales Manager with your company, as I feel my background in developing a sales department will be of interest to you.

As my resume indicates, I joined PT. Bakrie Electric., in the capacity of trainee and moved up the ladder to my current position of Sales Manager. In each year of my employment, I was successful in opening news account, penetrating existing ones, and reopening closed business. As a result, I was responsible for sales increase of 20% to 25%.

As sales manager I was involved in recruiting, training, and supervising a staff of 120 salespeople and was responsible foe sales worldwide.

I am looking forward to meeting you. When can we set up an appointment for an interview? I may be reached at 08568666787.

Sincerely,

Benny Wibowo

CV

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Benny Wibowo

Place/Date of birth : Jakarta/July, 9th 1990

GPK : 3,36

TOEFL Score : 530

Nationality : Indonesia

Gender : Male

Religion : Moslem

Marital status : Single

Temporary Address : Bendungan Udik Rr 02 Rw 04 Kelurahan Karet Semanggi Kecamatan Setiabudi Jakarta Selatan 12930

Mobile : 085715889844

Email : initial_b9@yahoo.com

Blog : http://bangbenzz.blogspot.com/

FORMAL EDUCATION

1. 1990 to 1995 TK Al-Abrar (kindergarten)
2. 1996 to 2002 SD N Karet Kuningan 01 Pagi Jakarta (elementary school)
3. 2002 to 2005 SLTP N 58 Jakarta (junior high school)
4. 2005 to 2008 SMU 17 Agustus 1945 Jakarta (senior high school)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIOS

1. Developing Website for Forum Khazanah Ilmu in 2005 using HTML, Microsoft Excel, dan Macromedia Dreamweaver.
• Forum Khazanah Ilmu’s website is a media to put organization’s information. Plus, it also provided list of UGM Try-Out’s participants passing grade that has been held by this organization in 2005.
• Designing & Developing FKI’s Website using HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Managing & Updating Website using Cpanel and WS FTP
2. Writing Software Documentation for LAPiS (Light Adjustable Portable Information System) in 2006.
• LAPiS is a web based information system prototype for earthquake disaster monitoring that was built using CakePHP Framework.
• Writing technical documents using Doxygen, an opensource and free documentation software.
• Writing developer manual in Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Writing end user manual in Bahasa Indonesia.

• Giving workshop & training to officers on using LAPiS.
2. Translation of Allen B. Downey’s free ebook “how to think like a computer scientist; java version from chapter 6 to chapter 17” from English to Bahasa Indonesia in 2006.
• “How to think like a computer scientist; Java version” is a free ebook by Allen B. Downey.
• Managing this project to ensure its completion.
• Translating ebook from English to Bahasa Indonesia from chapter 1; chapter 6 to chapter 17.
• Editing the work of my co-worker.
• Giving progress report to my lecturer
3. Developing website for Dompet Shalahuddin using WordPress in 2007.
• Dompet Shalahuddin is a part of Jamaah Shalahuddin. It is a semi-independent division that run its parent organization’s social and education function.
• Registering Dompet Shalahuddin’s domain name to PPTiK UGM
• Requesting web space for Dompet Shalahuddin to PPTiK UGM
• Managing Apache server & MySQL database
• Installing Mambo/Joomla CMS & WordPress
• Choosing & Configuring template
• Updating website
4. Developing ScholarsCamp.Com using Pligg in 2008

• ScholarsCamp.Com is a website that provides scholarships information around the internet using social bookmarking method ala Digg.Com.
• Spreading the brand ScholarsCamp to all over the world through mailing list, blogs, friendster, and facebook
• Answering email from users & partners
• Updating website
• Building relationship with other scholarships provider

PART-TIME JOBS EXPERIENCE

1. Freelance editor for 3Gweek.Net from March 2008 to August 2008
• Searching breaking news and rumors about telecommunication industry from around the internet.
• Writing breaking news and rumors about telecommunication industry
• Search Engine Optimization
• Build relationship with other cellphone & gadget bloggers from both local and foreign countries.
• URL address: http://3gweek.net
2. Freelance Contributor for Cellphones.Org in September 2008
• Searching breaking news and rumors about telecommunication industry from around the internet.
• Writing breaking news and rumors about telecommunication industry
• URL address: http://cellphones.org
3. Freelance Contributor for Makeuseof.com from January 2009 s.d. February 2009

• Searching free service or stuff from around the internet.
• Writing review about free Web 2.0 service.
• URL address: http://makeuseof.com

SEMINAR & WORKSHOP

1. Participant in Workshop Perakitan Komputer dan Wireless to Campus at Fakultas MIPA UGM 2007
2. Participant in Pelatihan Penulisan Empati Forum Lingkar Pena Yogyakarta 2003
3. Participant in Short Course on Building Your Own Mobile Application using J2ME in UNY 2008
4. Participant in Seminar & Workshop Entrepreneurship at Grha Sabha Pramana UGM 2008
5. Participant in Training Jurnalistik at Pondok Pesantren Al-Munawwir Krapyak 2008
6. Participant in Workshop Penulisan Karya Ilmiah tentang Student Centered Learning at University Center UGM 2008
7. Participant in Pelatihan CMS (Content Management System) menggunakan Mambo at UPT Puskom (PPTIK) UGM 2008
8. Participant in Seminar Entrepreneurship Event at Grha Sabha Pramana UGM 2009
9. Participant in Workshop PHP dan MySQL dengan Dreamweaver 8 at Bijak Training Services DI Yogyakarta 2009
10. Member of American Corner Discussion Club (ACDC) 2009

COMMITTEE

1. Operational staff for Infotech Expo 2004 at Grha Sabha Pramana UGM
2. Secretary of Bazaar Komplek L untuk Haul K.H. Munawwir tahun 2009 at Pondok Pesantren Al-Munawwir Krapyak Yogyakarta
3. Operational staff for Milad Forum Lingkar Pena Yogyakarta ke-8 tahun 2009 at Mandala Bhakti Wanitatama Yogyakarta

ACHIEVEMENTS

1. Runner up at Lomba Cerdas Cermat Komputer & Logika Matematika se-Kotamadya Palembang 2006
2. Top Ten participant (out of 100) in Workshop Penulisan Karya Ilmiah tentang Student Centered Learning at University Center UGM 2008 with paper entitle “IMPLEMENTASI E-LEARNING di FAKULTAS MIPA UGM SEBAGAI MOTIVATOR STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING”
3. Third place at Education Essay Writing Competition in Jogja Education Fair 2005 held by BEM KM UGM with essay entitle “E-LEARNING UNTUK MENINGKATKAN MUTU PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA”
4. Grant recipient from Departemen Komunikasi dan Informatika RI for research entitle “IMPLEMENTASI WORDPRESS SEBAGAI BLOGGING SOFTWARE PENDUKUNG STUDENT-CENTERED LEARNING” 2007

LANGUAGE

1. English
2. Bahasa Palembang
3. Bahasa Jawa

COMPUTER APPLICATION

1. Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98, XP & GNU/Linux
2. Office Suite : OpenOffice.Org & Microsoft Office
3. Programming Language : PHP
4. Server : Apache
5. Framework : CakePHP
6. RDBMS : MySQL & Oracle
7. Software Documentation : Doxygen
8. CMS : WordPress, Drupal, Mambo, Joomla, Wiki Media
9. Others : tsWebEditor, VertrigoServ, PHPMyAdmin