Rutgers University–New Brunswick · Data Science and Economics · May 2028
Chirath Soithong
I turn the repetitive part of a team’s work into a simple tool. I start by talking to the people who do the work, and where it matters, a person makes the final call.
Three internships in Bangkok, most recently in commercial operations at Agoda. Two tools I built there are live.
Looking for part-time or remote work in AI automation, data analysis, machine learning or consulting · NYC hybrid
At a glance
- 3
internships in Bangkok, 2023 to 2026: a consulting firm, BuzzeBees and Agoda.
- 2
tools built for Agoda’s commercial team. Both are live.
- 2028
expected graduation, Rutgers.
Four projects
Two are live at Agoda. Each one shows what the team did before, what changed, and what my part was.
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Project 01 / 04
Live
Automatic sales checks. A person approves what they flag.
Built to take three kinds of routine work off the team.BeforeThe team ran its sales checks by hand.AfterThe checks run on their own. A person approves each opportunity.
Selling on AgodaA possible gapPass the team’s rulesTicked by a personSchematic: steps, not volumes. See the full projectBuilt with SQL · Python · Slack
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Project 02 / 04
Live
One channel for a team’s questions: bots answer, look it up, or pass it to a person.
Questions that need a person reach one, with a ticket.BeforeQuestions came in by email, Slack and Teams.AfterOne channel. Three bots answer, look it up, or pass it to a person.
EmailSlackTeamsOne channelAnswers common questionsLooks it upHands it to a personIllustrative flow. See the full projectBuilt with Slack · AI assistants · Jira
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Project 03 / 04
Scope agreed with client
Helping an overseas AI client decide which data it could use.
The client agreed on data for selected products.BeforeAn open question: which of the company’s data could help?AfterData sorted into three groups.
Offer now
Needs more info or a partner’s OK
Not suitable
Schematic: example data sets stand in for the real ones. See the full projectSkills Client communication · Requirements scoping
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Project 04 / 04
Pitch · clickable prototype
Cheaper rides between campuses: a campus ride-pooling pitch.
Top 20 finalist at Rutgers Road to Silicon Valley.BeforeWhat we saw: crowded, slow buses between campuses.AfterA ride-pooling idea, shown as a clickable prototype.
Busch Livingston College Ave Cook/Douglass- Campus bus
- Ride with a student already driving (demo)
Schematic map, not to scale. See the full projectBuilt with Figma · Canva
Three internships in Bangkok, one degree in progress.
BangkokInternships
Jul 2023
Consulting firm, financial-services client
System Implementation / PM Assistant Intern
Before university. Reviewed data formats for a system switch; helped present the roadmap.
New BrunswickSchool years at Rutgers
Oct 2024
Rutgers hackathon
Memory-game prototype, built as a team
Sep–Dec 2025
Course project
Stock prices and news in one database
Feb–May 2026
Rutgers Quant Finance Club
Research report on price-direction models, submitted to the club
Read moreMay 2028
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Expected graduation. B.S. Data Science and Economics, minor in Computer Science.
Side projects
Technical edition, for engineers
Morning news briefing
A short news podcast on my phone each weekday morning, after the market opens.
Running
Daily planner
One Slack plan for my whole day. I designed it and an AI assistant wrote the code.
Running
Research report
Does a bigger model predict prices better? In my AI-assisted tests of seven models on one public dataset, one 3.8 times smaller scored about the same.
Submitted to the club
If your team repeats the same work every week, I’d like to hear about it.
Looking for part-time or remote work in AI automation, data analysis, machine learning or consulting · NYC hybrid