Agus Budi Hartono is an Associate Professor at the AMI Maritime Polytechnic. He earned an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1987 from Hasanuddin University and an undergraduate degree in Ship Machinery from Jakarta Merchant Marine Institute in 1993. He obtained a Master of Computer Science from the ERESHA Institute of Informatics. Currently, he is a student of PhD in Education Science program at Makassar State University. He is the Head of the Development and Quality Assurance Center of the AMI Maritime Polytechnic and Head of the Professional Certification Institute for First Party of the Makassar Merchant Marine Polytechnic. Moreover, he is a professional consultant for several maritime companies and merchant marine education and training institutes in Indonesia. His research interests are business and finance in the maritime industry, maritime education and training, quality management systems, maritime shipping and logistics, and maritime safety.