Head of Sub-Directorate (KASUBDIT) of JAHRILLURJA (Kesejahteraan Moril dan Penyaluran Tenaga Kerja) at the Army Headquarter (Markas Besar Angkatan Darat/MABES AD).

Head of Sub-Directorate of Institution Monitoring at the MABES POLRI’s Directorate of Public Guidance (BIMMAS).

He holds a masters degree in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia, England, in 2006. The study was fully sponsored by the British Chevening Scholarships from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is also an economist trained at the School of Economics, University of Indonesia, graduated in 2001.

His professional career started in 2000 as associate and economist at PT Puri Consulting. In 2002, he was appointed as senior associate and project manager for the firm\'s various clients which were mainly prominent mining companies that include PT Nusa Halmahera Minerals, Santos Ltd, and PT Freeport Indonesia. He was also an editor of Political and Economic Brief, the firm\'s exclusive monthly publication for its clients that focuses on regional autonomy issues and risk assessments resulted by the policy.

In 2002, he was invited as a young leader by the United States Department of State to attend meetings with the US Department of Defense (The Pentagon) in Washington D.C, and also the US Pacific Command in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to participate in analyzing the counter terrorism policies of the United States.

His writings on political and economic issues are published in various national newspapers, such as Kompas, the Jakarta Post, Suara Pembaruan, Sinar Harapan, etc.

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He gains a strong basis in the grassroots levels in all over Indonesia from his long organisational experience and also being the chief of the National Coordination Team (SATKORNAS) Barisan Ansor Serba Guna (BANSER) since 2000. He is also the deputy chairman of the Ansor Youth Movement of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), an organisation chaired by Mr. Saifullah Yusuf, the former state minister for acceleration of less developed regions (Menteri Negara Percepatan Pembangunan Daerah Tertinggal).Previously he was the Chief of Jakarta Regional Coordination Team (SATKORWIL) BANSER in 1995-2000.

He is a former activist in various political and social movements. He obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees in Political Science from the University of Airlangga (1999) and the University of Indonesia (2005), respectively. In security business, he was former director of PT Garda Digdaya Protekindo since 2005 until 2007 when he joined the SGP.

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Mr. Pandjaitan graduated from the Faculty of Engineering at Boston University , USA , in 2001. His interest in technology and engineering brought him to extensive learning in security technology applications specializing in manufacturing and industrial facilities. Furthermore, he obtained the level of Gada Utama, the highest level in security management training, run by the MABES POLRI in 2006.

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He earned a master degree in International Security from St Andrews University in 2006. From 2003-2005, he was a special correspondent for the Washington Post South East Asia Bureau and worked as a security analyst at the International Defense Security Studies, IDSS, in Singapore in late 2005. His writings on political and security issues appeared in the Washington Post, Yale Global Online, the Jamestown Foundation in the Washington, the Japanfocus, the Strait Times, The Australian and The Jakarta Post. He gives briefings to agencies in the region and speaks in many international conferences in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, France, Spain, and Australia and in the US. Apart from these activities, he is also active in the Institute for the International Peace Building as Executive Director.

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He holds two masters degrees from the UK , both in international relations, from the University of London 's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and the University of Cambridge . He is also well known as one of the most influential young political activists. He was the chairman of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and was a political prisoner for 3.5 years during the Suharto regime. In 2005, he joined the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan), a political party chaired by former President Megawati Soekarnoputri, and currently serves in the party's central board. Currently, he is the executive director of ResPublica Institute, a think tank focuses on political-economy, defence and technology policies, in Jakarta.

His expertise covers a wide variety of issues: China , East Timor, Latin America , Indonesian politics, political parties and defense. His thoughts also periodically appear in various major newspapers, such as Kompas, the Jakarta Post, Tempo, Suara Pembaruan, Sinar Harapan, etc.

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He was deputy secretary general of the National Awakening Party (PKB) and Deputy Chairman of Garda Bangsa, PKB's youth wing organisation. Prior to joining the party, he was a consultant for various Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs), both in the international and national levels. He is founder of many influential NGOs, which include WALHI Central Java, Network of Social Transformation Studies (JSTS), Nadwah Dirasah Islam and Society (NADIKA), Indonesia Committee of Anti-Discrimination (KADI) and Monopoly Watch Jakarta. He was also project manager for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and consultant for Friedrich Neumann-Stiftung (FNS), the Asia Foundation (TAF) and International Republican Institute (IRI).

His publications include books, namely Paulo Freire, Islam dan Pembebasan [Paulo Freire, Islam and Liberation] (2000), Post-tradisionalisme Islam [Post-traditionalism Islam] (2000), Politik Melayani Basis [Politics of Serving the Bases] (2001), and Menjadi Politisi Manajer [To Be a Political Manager] (2001). At the present, he also works as special assistant to Minister of Man Power and Transmigration, Mr. Ir. H. Erman Suparno, MBA.

He is a specialist in external relations and communications. As an expert and consultant, Mr. Tuturoong has experiences working with a number of international organizations, such as the UNDP, World Bank, Media Development Loan and Fund, Democratic Reform Support Program-USAID and the Asia Foundation. His field experiences have brought him to manage projects outside the country, among others Srilanka, Cambodia, Thailand, East Timor and the Philippines.