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MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert
CEO


Kumwell Corporation PCL
www.kumwell.com


Information about the Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert, born in 1959 in Trang, Thailand, is the CEO of Kumwell Corporation Public Company Limited (Kumwell). In 1996, to push the business sector related to grounding and lightning protection products in the country to meet international quality standards, Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert created a new initiative.

Thus, the KML Technology Co., Ltd. was established (which later changed its name to Kumwell) to produce and distribute products in the grounding system group and lightning protection system, known as the Surge Protection System. Under Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert’s leadership, the company created an innovative and intelligent lightning alarm system and has been continuously developing it until it reached international standards. As a result, the company has become one of the leaders in the business of manufacturing and distributing such products.

Other Interesting Facts about the Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert drove projects to be committed in accordance with the “Kumwell CSV: Creating Shared Value - Safety to Society” for a long time and has always been successful. He has also been selected as a president of the Thai Electrical and Mechanical Contractor Association (TEMCA) from 2020 to the present to drive projects under TEMCA Corporate Creating Shared Value (TEMCA C-CSV) Safety to Society with its members, partners, government, and private sectors.

These projects include providing more than 20 National Installation Handbooks for Electrical and Mechanical Systems; running the TEMCA Academy: Online & On-site Courses for professional engineers, technicians, and students for members and social; and the innovative installation to support starts up businesses.
Company Achievements & Role as Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert has studied and analyzed both external and internal factors for sustainable growth. It is essential for the company to change its entire internal workflow from upstream to downstream towards digitalization. From the entire production system to the company’s Smart Plant, Kumwell has expanded its production capacity and reduced production costs significantly by investing in building factories, and machines, and developing production systems using automation and robot systems that are applied to unmanned plants.

Kumwell also invested in ICT with advanced operating systems on Cloud Service systems for storing, analyzing, processing, convenience, data security, and responding to support working from anywhere and conducting a metaverse to promote marketing and sales in order to increase competitiveness in the world market.

Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert decided to invest in building a lightning protection equipment testing room, called the Kumwell Laboratory, which is the first laboratory in Thailand and the ASEAN region. The Kumwell Laboratory has been certified for its capability as a testing laboratory according to the TIS 17025 (ISO/IEC 17025) standards. Besides that, Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert is a pioneer in investing in the establishment of a learning center with an environment that is suitable for meetings and seminars to create innovation, strategies, and recreation for the unity of employees in the organization at Kumwell Academy Creative & Innovative Center (KACIC), Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Moreover, the “Kumwell Academy Learning Center”, established in 2016, has been certified by the Council of Engineers. Kumwell has been registered as a host organization code 7016 for developing engineering professionals continuously. Those who pass the seminar training under Kumwell Academy will receive a unit of knowledge (Professional Development Unit: PDU/CPD) which can be used in the Engineering Professional Level Promotion Test from the Council of Engineers.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert initiated and adopted the Sustainability Risk Principle (ESG Risk: Environment, Social, Governance) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals) into the organization’s strategy to engage with society, environment, including stakeholders to raise the economy both internally and externally the organization.

Therefore, its commitment to developing the company according to the “Kumwell CSV: Creating Shared Value - Safety to Society” has been implemented for more than 10 years since 2007 and has been defined in the JD KPI of all employees and announced through both offline and online media channels of the company. This includes the preparation of manual documents for all employees to have a thorough understanding of the vision, mission, values, and goals of the organization.

To achieve this goal, staff are tested to be part of the organizational culture, and lifelong learning, including monitoring, evaluating JD KPIs, and bringing the results to improve work processes in every step so that employees can drive the organization towards success according to the company’s vision and mission while also promoting its core values.

MASTER ENTREPRENEUR CATEGORY

Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert
CEO

Information about the Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert, born in 1959 in Trang, Thailand, is the CEO of Kumwell Corporation Public Company Limited (Kumwell). In 1996, to push the business sector related to grounding and lightning protection products in the country to meet international quality standards, Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert created a new initiative.

Thus, the KML Technology Co., Ltd. was established (which later changed its name to Kumwell) to produce and distribute products in the grounding system group and lightning protection system, known as the Surge Protection System. Under Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert’s leadership, the company created an innovative and intelligent lightning alarm system and has been continuously developing it until it reached international standards. As a result, the company has become one of the leaders in the business of manufacturing and distributing such products.

Other Interesting Facts about the Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert drove projects to be committed in accordance with the “Kumwell CSV: Creating Shared Value - Safety to Society” for a long time and has always been successful. He has also been selected as a president of the Thai Electrical and Mechanical Contractor Association (TEMCA) from 2020 to the present to drive projects under TEMCA Corporate Creating Shared Value (TEMCA C-CSV) Safety to Society with its members, partners, government, and private sectors.

These projects include providing more than 20 National Installation Handbooks for Electrical and Mechanical Systems; running the TEMCA Academy: Online & On-site Courses for professional engineers, technicians, and students for members and social; and the innovative installation to support starts up businesses.

Kumwell Corporation PCL
www.kumwell.com


Company Achievements & Role as Entrepreneur
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert has studied and analyzed both external and internal factors for sustainable growth. It is essential for the company to change its entire internal workflow from upstream to downstream towards digitalization. From the entire production system to the company’s Smart Plant, Kumwell has expanded its production capacity and reduced production costs significantly by investing in building factories, and machines, and developing production systems using automation and robot systems that are applied to unmanned plants.

Kumwell also invested in ICT with advanced operating systems on Cloud Service systems for storing, analyzing, processing, convenience, data security, and responding to support working from anywhere and conducting a metaverse to promote marketing and sales in order to increase competitiveness in the world market.

Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert decided to invest in building a lightning protection equipment testing room, called the Kumwell Laboratory, which is the first laboratory in Thailand and the ASEAN region. The Kumwell Laboratory has been certified for its capability as a testing laboratory according to the TIS 17025 (ISO/IEC 17025) standards. Besides that, Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert is a pioneer in investing in the establishment of a learning center with an environment that is suitable for meetings and seminars to create innovation, strategies, and recreation for the unity of employees in the organization at Kumwell Academy Creative & Innovative Center (KACIC), Wang Nam Khiao District, Nakhon Ratchasima.

Moreover, the “Kumwell Academy Learning Center”, established in 2016, has been certified by the Council of Engineers. Kumwell has been registered as a host organization code 7016 for developing engineering professionals continuously. Those who pass the seminar training under Kumwell Academy will receive a unit of knowledge (Professional Development Unit: PDU/CPD) which can be used in the Engineering Professional Level Promotion Test from the Council of Engineers.

Vision, Mission, & Future Plans
Boonsak Kiatjaroonlert initiated and adopted the Sustainability Risk Principle (ESG Risk: Environment, Social, Governance) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals) into the organization’s strategy to engage with society, environment, including stakeholders to raise the economy both internally and externally the organization.

Therefore, its commitment to developing the company according to the “Kumwell CSV: Creating Shared Value - Safety to Society” has been implemented for more than 10 years since 2007 and has been defined in the JD KPI of all employees and announced through both offline and online media channels of the company. This includes the preparation of manual documents for all employees to have a thorough understanding of the vision, mission, values, and goals of the organization.

To achieve this goal, staff are tested to be part of the organizational culture, and lifelong learning, including monitoring, evaluating JD KPIs, and bringing the results to improve work processes in every step so that employees can drive the organization towards success according to the company’s vision and mission while also promoting its core values.