Team | EduSmith

OUR TEAM

Behind Every Acceptance

Is a Dedicated Team.

Our Team

At EduSmith and M7 Consulting, our team brings together Thailand’s leading admissions strategists and elite alumni with over the years of dedicated experience guiding hundreds of candidates to the Ivy League, top boarding schools, and premier MBA and graduate programs globally.

Over the 2018–2026 admissions cycles, our counselors have consistently delivered among Thailand’s highest volumes of Ivy League and T20 offers.

Strategist & Counselor

Stanford University

Mac Pasawich
Sriyanong

Managing Director

Undergraduate Admission Program Director

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B.S. Engineering, M.S. Engineering – Stanford University
12+ years of experience counseling students into top US and UK universities

Stanford University

James Jirapat
Taechajongjintana

Managing Director

Master's and MBA Admission Program Director

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King’s Scholar
B.A. Economics with Honors, M.A. Public Policy – Stanford University
Certified in College Counseling, UCLA
Admissions counseling experience with US-based consultancy and the Royal Thai government scholarship program

Stanford University

Job Kittiprapha
Jivasantikarn

Managing Director

Undergraduate Admission Program Director

Boarding School Admission Program Director

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B.A. Economics with Honors, M.S. Management Science & Engineering – Stanford University
Coached students into top US boarding schools (Andover, Exeter, Deerfield, Choate, etc.)

University of Oxford

Dew Sukontha Nilyok

Head of Student Development

Undergraduate Admission Counselor

Master's and MBA Admission Counselor

Application Counselor

MSc in Education (Digital and Social Change) – University of Oxford
Ed.M. in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology (LDIT) Program – Harvard University (2023/2024 Offer Holder)
Head of Student Affair & College Counselor, Crest School

Kellogg School of Management

May Tanaphorn
Limpawutiwaranont

Master's and MBA Admission Program Director

Master's and MBA Application Counselor

MBA – Kellogg School of Management
Former Business Consultant at BCG, driving strategic and operational transformation projects across Southeast Asia
Head of Growth at FlowAccount, leading company wide-growth strategy, performance alignment, and key partnerships
Experienced Mentor and Counselor, supporting young professionals and graduate applicants in achieving career clarity and top university applications

Skidmore College

Pap Variya
Tongtip

Boarding School Admission Counselor

Application Counselor

B.S Management and Business and Political Science – Skidmore College
Coached students into top Thai Medical Programs, US Boarding Schools, and US Universities
Experience in teaching reading and writing classes

HEC Paris

Manisha Misra

MBA Application Counselor

Test Prep Instructor - GMAT & & GRE Expert

MBA – HEC Paris
Certified Strengths Coach from Gallup
10+ years of experience teaching SSAT, SAT, and GMAT Verbal and Quantitative sections
12+ years of experience counseling for graduate admissions, with 100+ candidates accepted into Ivy League

University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill

Matthew Klinestiver

Application Counselor

Test Prep Instructor Expert

B.A. Asian Studies – University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill
16+ years teaching English, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, and other standardized tests in Asia, the Middle East, and the US
Experienced in college admissions counseling for students applying to top US and Canadian universities
Author of Matthew’s Guide to Digital SAT Writing and The TestMuse Digital SAT Toolkit

Durham University

Kong Sasis
Im-aroonrak

Application Counselor

Test Prep Instructor - English Language Expert

M.A. TESOL & Applied Linguistics (Merit) – Durham University
Certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (CELTA) – Cambridge English Teaching

London School of Economics and Chulalongkorn University