# Oby Sumampouw

> Singapore-based Oby Sumampouw is the CTO and co-founder of Cermati Fintech Group. After engineering work at Oracle and LinkedIn, he helped establish Cermati in December 2014; the marketplace launched in April 2015. His public record includes hands-on team building, a candid essay on startup hiring, and a commissioner role at Cermati Protect.

- **Role:** CTO & Co-founder at Cermati Fintech Group
- **Organizations:** Cermati Fintech Group, Cermati Protect, LinkedIn, Oracle, Google, UW Leaders
- **Education:** BS in Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Washington, Master of Computer and Information Technology, University of Pennsylvania, MS in Computer Science, Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cermati and helped build its early product and engineering organisation., Worked on LinkedIn Today and LinkedIn service infrastructure., Listed as Commissioner at Cermati Protect.

## Career timeline

- **Undated student profile** — Listed as a senior and mentor in the University of Washington’s UW Leaders programme.
- **2008** — Software engineering internship at Google; Penn lists his MCIT degree as conferred in August 2008.
- **Before 2010** — Worked as a senior application engineer at Oracle; Cermati’s engineering biography records 1.5 years there.
- **2010-2012** — Senior software engineer in LinkedIn’s Content Intelligence team.
- **2012-2014** — Senior software engineer in LinkedIn’s Service Infrastructure team.
- **2014-12** — Co-founded Cermati, according to his public LinkedIn profile.
- **2015-04** — Cermati marketplace launched.
- **2015-05** — Published his essay on five hiring lessons from building an Indonesian startup.
- **2021-04** — Listed as a panellist for Cermati’s first CermaTalks session on system design interviews.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cermati and helped build its early product and engineering organisation.
- Worked on LinkedIn Today and LinkedIn service infrastructure.
- Listed as Commissioner at Cermati Protect.
- Public LinkedIn profile lists Singapore Accredited Director (May 2025), Qualified Listed Entity Director Badge (May 2026), and CISSP (July 2026).

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Public LinkedIn profile lists CISSP certification issued July 2026, expiring July 2029.
- **2026-05** — Public LinkedIn profile lists a Qualified Listed Entity Director Badge from the Singapore Institute of Directors.
- **2026-09** — Group development: Indodana Finance announced an IDR 700 billion HSBC Indonesia funding facility on September 21; the announcement does not attribute this transaction to Oby personally.

## Links

- Website: https://cermati.group/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/osumampouw
- GitHub: https://github.com/osumampouw

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Last updated: 2026-10-07