Name: Yulia Damayanti (Danti)

Career level & current role: Manager

Years with Accenture: 2.5

Home office: Singapore

Your qualifications & professional background: Nanyang MBA, Nanyang Technological University, MBA, 2005

What attracted you to Accenture? Accenture’s sustained growth in the IT service industry, the career opportunity and the personal opportunity for my skills and knowledge development.

What do you consider your biggest success at Accenture? From August 2005 to May 2007, I successfully lead a data conversion roll-out across Asia-Pacific. The client was a global heavy equipment company and their facilities were across China, Australia and Singapore. Basically, I had to plan and manage the data conversion for each area.

We had to work with overlapped project timelines across the region, which meant working with many different team leaders in different time-zones and applying careful synchronization to make sure there was no doubling up or data conflicts during deployments. My team and I also had to travel across the region to be onsite while the data conversion activities were happening.

What are the best bits about your job? The wide range of talented and diverse Accenture people that I’ve been working with has enriched my personal and professional experience.

How do you keep a work-life balance? This is quite a challenge, especially for people that already have family like me. Lots of daily and long-term planning ensures that the balance between my professional and private lives is maintained.

What do you like to do when you’re not working? Outside my working hours, I devote my time to my family, especially my children. I always plan vacations in order to spend more quality time with my family. I can also consult with my supervisor when I need to make special arrangements for my kids, e.g. preparation for their school examinations.

How would describe your overall experience at Accenture with respect to both your professional and personal development? I have been in an environment that allows me to continuously expand my professional skills via various training, and knowledge and people networks—both within the company and with clients. At the same time that I have had opportunities to develop myself professionally, I have received a lot of guidance on my projects. I don’t have to worry when given a new assignment that I don’t have experience in, because I know that the company’s massive knowledge resource will be there to speed up my learning in time for project delivery.

Accenture provides me with a wider perspective on the world. I’ve had the opportunity to learn about different cultures in my region and to meet many different people. This has enriched my life with experiences that I believe will help me be a better person.