Meet Our Team

Get to know the dream-weavers behind your perfect getaway or exotic location event! Ali Sehidun and Randal Glaholt, our co-founders, lead and coordinate a passionate team of travel artisans to craft trips as unique as you are. Through a combination of close communication, experience and intuition, we translate your interests and needs into one-of-a-kind  travel events, each sprinkled with its own touch of magic. Get ready to embark on journeys tailored just for you!

KOMODO MANAGEMENT & ADVISORY TEAM

Ali Sehidun

Ali Sehidun

Founder, Manager

Born: Nampar, West Flores

Languages: Mangarai, Bahasa, English

Hobbies/Passions: Sustainable tourism, community development, nature conservation, badminton

Professional Background:

  • 17 years Tourism professional
  • Graduate -College of Tourism Academy in Makassar City, Sulawesi.
  • 5 yrs Assistant Manager Puri Komodo Resort
  • General Secretary of ASITA (Association Of The Indonesia Tour & Travel Agencies) for West Manggarai Regency.
  • Member of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Indonesia
  • Member HPI Guides Association
Randal Glaholt

Randal Glaholt

Founder, Creative Travel Solutions Director

Born: Calgary, Canada

Languages: English, Bahasa (some), Thai (some), French (some), Spanish (some)

Hobbies/Passions: Nature, culture, food, fly fishing, hiking, snorkeling/diving, racquet sports, golf, boating, biking, photography, art, music, culture, literature, philosophy

Professional Background:

  • Graduate Degree Environmental Design (Environmental Science)
  • 30 years environmental and biodiversity consulting
  • 12 years Indonesian tourism
  • Work and or travel in 37 countries
Prima Herlim

Prima Herlim

Assistant Operations Manager

Born: Denpasar, Bali

Languages: Bahasa, English

Hobbies/Passions: Competitive chess (Bali rep), cultural exchanges, photography and videography, drones.

Professional Background:

  • Bachelor Degree IT
  • 3 years working in tourism
  • Extensive travel in Bali, Java, Timor, Sumba, Flores, North Maluku, Ternate Tidore Isands, Banda
Eric Hutchings

Eric Hutchings

Operations, Marketing and Trip Design Coordinator

Born: Edmonton, Canada

Languages: English, Thai (some)

Hobbies/Passions: Travel, history, culture, food and cooking, fishing

Professional Background:

  • Batchelor’s Degree – Biology
  • 20 years public sector, natural resource management, aquaculture,
  • 8 years environmental consulting
  • 12 years tourism design and marketing support
Rani Setiawanti

Rani Setiawanti

Coordinator & Marketing Support

Born: Bandung, Java

Languages: Bahasa, English

Hobbies/Passions: Travel, nature, local food, yoga

Professional Background:

  • Diplomas in Tour Travel 2015, Accounting and Secretarial Services
  • 8 years tourism sector
  • Bookings and logistic coordination, travel host.
Moch Romli

Moch Romli

Entertainment Coordinator

Born: Surabaya, East Java

Languages: Bahasa, English

Hobbies/Passions: Travelling, Watching Cinema, Enjoy Coffee

Professional Background:

  • Pullman Hotel Surabaya as GRO
  • Honda Surabaya Centes as Sales Executive
  • Entertainment Coordinator and Event Organizer

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Udin

Udin

Born:  Borobudur, Java

Languages: Bahasa, Javanese, English, French, Italian

Hobbies/Passions: History, bicycling, travel, adventure

Professional Background:

  • Licensed guide for Borobudur Temple and Licensed National Tour Guide
  • 36 years professional tour guide

Focal Destinations: Java, Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi, Flores

Ito

Ito

Born: Jakarta, Java

 Languages: Bahasa, Javanese, Balinese, Sundanese, English, some Japanese and Chinese.

Hobbies/Passions: travel, geography. history, table tennis, billiards, chess

Professional Background:

  • Graduated from Law faculty, Atmajaya University, Jakarta
  • Licensed guide
  • 20+ years tourism sector

Focal Destinations: Bali, Java, East Nusa Tenggara (Flores, Sumba, East Timor), Kalimantan, Papua, Sumatra, Aceh, Batam Island.

Dewa

Dewa

Born:  Bali

Languages: Bahasa, Balinese, Bahassa English,

Hobbies/Passions: yoga, meditation, well-being, travel

  • Licensed guide
  • 30+ years in tourism sector

Focal Destinations: Bali, Nusa Penida

Ryan “Momod”

Ryan “Momod”

Born:  Pangkalan Bun, Borneo

Languages: Dayak, English, Javanese, Bahasa, Bornean Malay.

Hobbies/Passions: trekking, nature, self-improvement, badminton, travel.

Professional Background:

  • Graduate Indonesia Tourism Academy
  • Former Secretary General Indonesian Travel Agent Association (2018-2022)
  • Licensed guide
  • 30 years in tourism sector

Focal Destinations: Kalimantan/Borneo, Java, Flores. Sumatra, Sumba, Sulawesi

Edwin

Edwin

Born:   Singapore

Languages: English

Hobbies/ Passions: Cultural exchange, travel

Professional Background:

  • Bachelor Degree – Marketing
  • Singapore Licensed Tourist Guide (since 2006).
  • Licensed guide
  • 17 years in tourism sector
  • Actively developing and delivering Singapore Tourism Board-approved guide and sustainable tourism program.
  • Volunteer guide with Singapore Zoo (since 2000) and Singapore National Parks Board (since 2005)

Focal Destinations: Singapore

Geoffrey

Geoffrey

Born: Born in Australia

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Bali

Hobbies/Passions: Marine conservation, community development

Professional Background:

  • PhD Scripps Institution of Oceanography – Marine Biology & Oceanography
  • 15+ years marine, conservation, and tourism support

Focal Destinations: Raja Ampat. Papua, Australia

Gus

Gus

Born: Bali

Languages: Bahasa, English

Hobbies/Passions: Cultural exchange, travel

Professional Background:

  • Licensed guide
  • 12+ years tourism sector

Focal Destinations: Bali, Nusa Penida

Iver

Iver

Languages: English, Danihs, Swahili

Hobbies/Passions: nature appreciation, traditional culture, arts & ornamentation, gemstones, fitness, fishing, free diving, martial arts.

Professional Background:

  • Gemologist
  • Safari expedition guiding and coordination
  • Travel writer.
  • Extensive cooperative engagement with indigenous cultures in Tanzania and Kenya

Focal Destinations: Tanzania, Kenya

Justus

Justus

Languages: English, Hindi, Tamil

Hobbies/Passions:Wildlife observation, bird watching, photography, philanthropy.

Professional Background:

  • PhD Wildlife Biology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirpali
  • Wildlife Institute of India, Dehra Dun
  • Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History
  • Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology
  • Foundation for Ecological Security
  • Extensive Protected Areas work in India
  • National Parks Board (since 2005)
  • Biodiversity Consultant

Focal Destinations:India

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