Dr. Putchong Uthayopas serves as the Acting Vice President for Information (CIO), Kasetsart University, Thailand. He works in HPC and computing area for more than 28 years. Dr. Putchong is the founding Director of Thai National Grid Center, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (2006-2008). He also served as the President of Computational Science and Engineering Association (Thailand) during 2013-2015. In 2012, the Engineering Institute of Thailand awarded Dr. Putchong a Distinguish Computer Engineer award in System Integration for his contribution in Grid, HPC, and Cluster computing work.