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He is married to '''Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan''' "Toi". K. Toi is the founder of both the School of Public Health and the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. Her research focuses on health effects from air pollution and her work has had significant policy impacts. She was Thailand representative at the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and is a member of the expert panels. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a Master and Doctorate degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles." | He is married to '''Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan''' "Toi". K. Toi is the founder of both the School of Public Health and the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. Her research focuses on health effects from air pollution and her work has had significant policy impacts. She was Thailand representative at the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and is a member of the expert panels. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a Master and Doctorate degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles." | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 18 November 2025
Vivatvong Vichit-Vadakan "Viv" (born circa 1948) is a former NASA engineer and entrepreneur from Thailand. He pioneered Internet service in the pre-WWW era in the 1980s and then was a provider of Internet services in Thailand from 1992 to 2015. He has since been involved in the drone industry. He had at least three quite accomplished children.
Education
- 1966 - 1970, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringBachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
- 1973 - 1974, Santa Clara University. Master of Science in Computer Science, Computer ScienceMaster of Science in Computer Science, Computer Science
- 1975 - 1979, UCLA. Post Graduate Studies - Research Associate, Computer SciencePost Graduate Studies - Research Associate, Computer Science
Activities and societies: Doctoral program in Computer Science, majoring in Fault Tolerant ComputingActivities and societies: Doctoral program in Computer Science, majoring in Fault Tolerant Computing
Career
"Former NASA-JPL Senior Member of Technical Staff. Chief Executive Officer of SKYVIV Company Ltd., Thailand. A drone imagery specialists providing services and sales. Official Distributor of senseFly, Flyability and Parrot Professional Drones. Interested in Precision Agriculture, Multispectral Analysis. Academic Affiliation with the School of Global Studies, Thammasat University, Thailand"
He worked at NASA from 1981 - 1991. In 1981 he proposed a "Jet Propulsion Local Area Network", an early use case for the Internet, at the 2nd International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. [6]
From 1992 to 2015, he was CEO of Loxley Information Services (an ISP in Thailand).
In 2010, likely with his wife, he released a paper on the "Short-term association between sulfur dioxide and daily mortality: The Public Health and Air Pollution in Asia (PAPA) study"
In about 2018 he founded SkyVIV, a dealer and service provider of drone camera and hardware in Thailand and Cambodia. As of 2025 the SkyVIV website bills themselves as "a supplier of products and services for High Accuracy Mapping, Infrastructure Inspection and Precision Agriculture." They are located at Loxley ICT1 Bldg., 102/99 Na Ranong Road, Klong Toey, Klong Toey Bangkok 10110. The "Loxley Building" is undoubtedly owned by K. Viv himself, as it is named after his former company.
"Vivatvong Vichit-Vadakan is the founder and CEO of Bangkok-based Sky Visual Imaging Venture Co. Ltd., a company specialized in the acquisition of imagery from drones to be used in scientific applications such as precision agriculture and mapping. A former senior member of technical staff at the NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of technology, he returned to his home country to start the very first Internet Service Provider in Thailand under the brand LoxInfo. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University and a Master Degree in Computer Science from Santa Clara University, California." [9]
Family
He is married to Nuntavarn Vichit-Vadakan "Toi". K. Toi is the founder of both the School of Public Health and the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. Her research focuses on health effects from air pollution and her work has had significant policy impacts. She was Thailand representative at the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) and is a member of the expert panels. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology, and a Master and Doctorate degree in Public Health from the University of California, Los Angeles."
He has three daughters:
- Viria Vichit-Vadakan, board member, Generation Thailand. [1] "10 years of experience building technology solutions to advance education and career opportunities in the US and APAC. A problem solver who thrives in ambiguity. Experience founding a University degree Bachelor's program, launching 0-1 products at early to growth stage EdTech startups and Big Tech. Led product, design, go-to-market, B2B SaaS partnerships, education, and HR teams. Worked on covid relief efforts with the MIT Media Lab and the UN. Nominated and selected as an Obama Leader in 2018. Serve on the board of a global workforce skilling non-profit, Generation.org, Thailand. Co-founder and CEO of Teamups. Ex-Product Marketing Manager, Meta, USA. Certified Executive Coach from Berkeley Executive Coaching Institute. Alumni, Stanford University's Design Institute. Over 10 years of experience in teaching Design Thinking." "Founder, GSSE & G-Lab, School of Global Studies Thammasat University; Viria is the Founder of the Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Social Entrepreneurship GSSE and the Founder of Glab Innovation Lab at the School of Global Studies at Thammasat University. She believes that access to education should be affordable to everyone. Viria is passionate about improving education creating skill-based learning projects and anti-trafficking."
- Visra Vichit-Vadakan, married Chris Cox (2 September 1982 - ), Facebook Chief Product Officer in 2010. She dabbled in filmmaking from 2008 - 2013 (https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1140314-visra-vichit-vadakan). She directed Karaoke Girl in 2013. [2]
- Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, librarian in Portland, Oregon, appeared on Jeopardy! in 2020 and 2021 [3] [4] "Veronica lives in the Pacific Northwest and spends as much time as possible wandering its forests when not working as a community college librarian. She tried out for Jeopardy! on a whim and after appearing on the show in 2020 and again in 2021 found herself catapulted into the weird and wonderful world of quizzing. Since then, she has played in several online leagues and even written for a few of them. The trivia categories that she would most like to see are Hyper-Regional Pies and Feminist Cinema. "
Sources
[1] https://blog.larrydavidson.com/2021/05/30/vichit-vadakan/
[3] https://www.youtube.com/@vivatvongv
[4] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2428872/
[5] https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/general/1697180/skyviv-takes-flight-to-predict-crop-yields
[6] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/221458478_Jet_Propulsion_Local_Area_Network_JPLAN
[8] https://www.pressreader.com/thailand/bangkok-post/20190618/281986084074797
[9] https://seajunction.org/about-us/founding-partners/
[10] https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivatvong-vichit-vadakan-78367522/?originalSubdomain=th