Final year IT Management student at Northumbria, figuring out how to bridge the gap between tech and business.
IT Management · Northumbria University · Honda Motor Europe
hi, i'm liam
About
Originally from Myanmar, now based in Newcastle. I've just finished uni with IT Management degree and now adulting with a real job. (thank god with this job market ~)
Currently exploring how AI tools can be more context-aware (my dissertation topic), and writing occasionally on my blog about things I enjoy exploring.
What I bring to a team
Now
Jul 2024 — Present
Honda Motor Europe
Aug 2026 — Present · Full-time
Manage application services for European Honda operations, such as MyHonda+ Connected App.
Jul 2024 — Jul 2025 · Placement Year
Managed day-to-day operations for the My Honda+ app across European markets.
Nov 2025 — Aug 2026
Part-time
Lane 7 The Gate Newcastle
Customer-facing service across bowling, arcade, darts and the bar in a high-traffic three-floor venue. I still suck at bowling tho, unfortunately.
Oct 2025 — Jul 2026
Volunteer Leadership
Claude Builder Club - Northumbria
Designed and ran the inaugural 2-day hackathon: theme, judging criteria, participant materials, two-day agenda.
Sept 2025 — Jul 2026
Volunteer
Northumbria University
Liaising between international students, academic staff, and the student union to make sure the challenges we face get heard and addressed. Faculty of Environment and Science representative.
Sept 2022 — Jun 2024
Part-time
Mantra Thai Dining
Customer service in a busy restaurant while balancing full-time studies. Trained new team members on service standards and POS systems. Best Part-time Staff Q4 2022.
Feb 2021 — Jan 2022
Volunteer Leadership
AIESEC in Yangon
Led a committee of 30+ members through COVID-19 and political crisis in Myanmar.
2022 — 2026
Northumbria University, Newcastle
Graduated First Class HonoursDissertation
Development and evaluation of a context-aware AI adoption toolkit for SMB owners using design science methodology and MCP-based architecture.
Key highlights
Work
These are some favourite projects I've had a good time working on. You can always see the full shelf on my Projects page!
Dissertation project, focused on building a context-aware conversational AI adoption toolkit for small business owners. Comprises assessment layer, context layer, and interrogation layer. Built using Tambo UI for conversational interface, and FastMCP servers for data orchestration.
A side project for inventory of my favourite tools with UI/UX of my favourite OS experience. Design experimentation, and CMS supported by Directus.
An MCP server that stores personal context for AI interactions—profile, interests, knowledge, preferences. Inspired by my dissertation on context-aware AI tools for small business owners using design science methodology.
Personal portfolio built with Next.js and JSON-based content management, and a local editor because I got tired of manually editing JSON files. Static export for GitHub Pages. (This site you're looking at)
Built an application observability pipeline for my team. Now we get alerts before users start complaining. Usually.
Turning raw data into dashboards stakeholders actually look at. A rare achievement, apparently.
Building services and integrations for my work and my own side projects.
Building interfaces. More comfortable with this than I used to be.
Coordinating work, tracking changes, attending meetings about meetings. The usual.
Deployment, version control, and debugging why it works on my machine but not yours.
Exploring how to make AI more context-aware. Dissertation focus area.
Outside of work
Asian cuisine, Burmese food. I cook when stressed—so, often. Also the dumplings are getting pretty good.
Substacks, non-fiction, crime thrillers. My Kindle library is 80% unread. Working on it.
I just got a toy I can play around with, and what can I say, I'm obsessed with containers and VMs on my localhost!
Getting back into it. My backhand needs work. My competitive spirit does not.
Blog
2 Dec 2025
A very honest reflection on organising the Claude Builder Club Hackathon at Northumbria University
4 Nov 2025
A year at Honda taught me that real teamwork is less about perfect execution and more about clear communication, shared accountability, and knowing when to ask for help.
Contact
I'm looking for graduate opportunities in HCI design, IT operations, technology consulting, or business analysis roles. If you think I might be a good fit for your team, I'd be happy to chat.
Also open to conversations about AI tools, systems thinking, or just exchanging notes on navigating early career stuff. I reply to messages. (Revolutionary, I know.)