Summary
Benny Istanto is a climate geographer and Risk Data Librarian with over a decade of hands-on experience applying GIS, remote sensing and climate science to international development and disaster risk reduction. Trained as an agricultural meteorologist and a certified GISP, he has built operational tools and national-level systems—from fire danger and food security platforms to hydrometeorological and watershed models—while supporting UN agencies and the World Bank. At the World Bank he blends FAIR data principles with geospatial analytics to make hazard and exposure datasets interoperable for standardized risk insights. He routinely bridges technical development, capacity building and policy-facing uptake, having placed analytical systems in high-level decision rooms such as national situation centers. Known for turning complex satellite and climate models into usable decision tools, he operates at the intersection of science, software and humanitarian impact.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
High school, Natural Science, High school, Natural Science at SMA Negeri 1 Tuban
Undergraduate Degree, Meteorology, Undergraduate Degree, Meteorology at IPB University
English, Indonesian