Choedpong “O” Khannabha

Frontier Innovation

Managing Director

Through his company Frontier Innovation, Choedpong “O” runs startup incubators and innovation capability building programs for many well-known clients, including AP, PEA, ThaiCom, PTT GC, Gulf, etc. A program includes an initial strengths assessment, venture team selection, new market study, intensive mentorship tracks, customized training workshops, comprehensive financial modeling, product team setup, and coaching through continuous deliveries – all geared toward driving long-term investment return through business growth.

Choedpong’s past career adventures have informed his depth and breadth of experiences from which he draws to help organizations innovate. He was a Program Manager at Microsoft in Redmond, WA, USA; a Product Director at Kaidee.com, Bangkok, Thailand; and a tech startup entrepreneur at Phuket Application Co. Ltd., Phuket, Thailand. At Microsoft, Choedpong drove new revenue models with hardware partners, reigniting innovation in the Windows ecosystem for embedded and IoT devices. At Kaidee, Choedpong helped build the product team, imbuing it with innovation practices, and led the design and creation of platform-wide revenue-generating features. Choedpong was formerly an analyst for McKinsey & Company, a software engineer named inventor on a U.S. patent, and a graduate as well as an evangelist of the Stanford D.School.

Choedpong’s passion lies in the intersection between science and humanity, including user-centric system design, futures thinking, technology commercialization, strategy, and finance. Choedpong believes that creating a new technology-based product and bringing it to market are not mere business as usual but acts of significance which advance our conditions of living in an irreversible way. Besides his professional responsibilities, Choedpong serves as the Treasurer of Stanford Alumni Club of Thailand, has created a course in Product Management at Thammasat University, and serves occasionally as guest lecturer at KMITL, MFL, PSU, and other universities.