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Award Year
2009
Graduation Year
1998
Department
Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Biography

BSIME 1998 - MIMEAdi Kusma completed his bachelor’s degree in industrial and manufacturing engineering at Oregon State University in 1998. Two years later, he founded Biznet Networks, a telecommunication services provider for businesses and homes throughout Indonesia with offices in Jakarta, Bekasi, Bali, Bandung and Surabaya. The company’s debut product, launched in 2006, was Biznet Metro Ethernet, the first carrier grade metropolitan Ethernet network in Indonesia. A year later, the company introduced Biznet Metro Fiber to the Home (FTTH), the first fiber optic network for residential customers in all of Southeast Asia. In 2008, Biznet launched Biznet InterCity Network, which links major cities in Java, Sumatra and Bali to the global network. Kusma continues to serve as Biznet’s president and one of three company directors.