Phonpasit Phissamay

Phonpasit Phissamay is an engineer-economist specialising in management information systems. He has been a staff member of the Science Technology and Environment Agency, Lao PDR, since 1995. He was the manager of the PAN-Laos project, which launched the first e-mail service in the country. Phissamay was appointed Director of the Information Technology Centre in 2000. He is presently responsible for ICT R&D, training and services throughout the country. He helped to establish the IT training centre and was appointed secretary of the Lao National Internet Committee in 2001, which operates the Lao National Internet Gateway and the government ISP.