Lisa Widodo, Executive Vice President of Operations Blibli.com.
One of the speakers at the monthly CC-APAC Leaders Talk is Lisa Widodo. Lisa is trusted as Executive Vice President of Operations Blibli.com. Let’s look at a few things about Lisa and her career journey as a leader at blibli.com.
Lisa Widodo is one of the pioneers who has contributed to the growth of Blibli.com since it was founded in 2011 to become one of the leading e-commerce companies today. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, an Honors graduate from The University of Texas at Austin and an MSc in Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering from the same university, Lisa has also led several important projects as a Project and Process Engineer at SEMATECH, USA. She then decided to return to Indonesia in 2005 because she wanted to start contributing more to Indonesia.
In line with Lisa’s dream, Blibli.com is a company that has always dreamed of empowering the Indonesian generation through the e-commerce ecosystem. “I realized that my goal in life is to use what I have learned and gained from my experience in America, to participate in developing Indonesia. I want to build this nation. Right now I feel fulfilled because I work for a company that also loves Indonesia very much and shares a dream to empower Indonesia,” said Lisa.
Lisa’s journey and struggle to become the successful woman she is today is also not easy. While still a student majoring in mechanical engineering, to have the opportunity to get in-state tuition (tuition fees that are three times cheaper than international tuition), Lisa had to work 20 hours per week. The job she got was working in a computer laboratory with technical work related to infrastructure.
Furthermore, after graduating with a Master of Mechanical Engineering, Lisa got a job related to the future of semiconductors, which is usually only given to Electrical Engineering graduates. There Lisa conducted various experiments and wrote publications on silicon wafers which are the basis of microprocessors used for many hardware devices. Likewise, while working at Citi Indonesia, Lisa was involved in the Operations and Technology department. Until finally Lisa got the opportunity to join Blibli.com. (**)