Panita Pongpaibool
Deputy Executive Director NECTEC NSTDA
Results-driven executive with forwardthinkingapproach centered onorganization’s success and sustainable
growth. Demonstrated record ofsuccess in team building, transforming
a research team into a profitablestartup company, and commercializing technology from lab to real services.
WORK EXPERIENCE
NECTEC NSTDA – Deputy Executive Director 2018 – Present
• Manage research groups in the areas of communication networks,industrial automation, Internet of Things, advanced electronics,and high-performance computing.
• Direct the Sustainable Manufacturing Center to promote Industry4.0 to Thai manufacturers.NECTEC NSTDA – Researcher 2004 – 2018
• Led a project that developed a cloud platform for Internet ofThings applications.
• Lead a project that develops a suite of intelligent networkmanagement software such as network monitoring, trafficmeasurement, and bandwidth controller
• Drafted national ICT policies: IPv6 action plan (2013-2015), IPv6action plan phase 2 (2016-2019), and digital economy strategy.
• Researched and developed solutions and applications for IPv6transition such as IPv6 tunnel broker.
• Accelerated IPv6 awareness and deployment in Thailand incollaboration with Ministry of ICT and IPv6 Forum Thailand
LEADERSHIP &PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
• Director of Sustainable Manufacturing Center 2020 – Present
• Sponsorship Chair of the Asian Internet Engineering Conference 2019 – Present
• Committee of THNIC Foundation 2018 – Present
• Consultant of NEXPIE Co. Ltd. 2018
• Secondment to Ministry of ICT’s Digital Economy Preparation Team 2014 – 2015
• IPv6 Promotion Committee under Ministry of ICT 2006 – 2015
• Telecommunication numbering working group under NBTC 2012
• Lecturer of ICT Faculty, Mahidol University 2008 – 2012
• Network and IT security consultant of Krung Thai Card 2007
• Founder and committee of IPv6 Forum Thailand 2005 – Present
EDUCATION
Carnegie Mellon University 1998 – 2004
Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dissertation: Survivability of GMPLS-Based IP-over-Optical Networks
Stanford University 1993 – 1998
M.S. Electrical Engineering
B.S. Electrical Engineering with University Distinction