ASTRA
The team

The team behind
your project.

An experienced, senior team — with named research leaders behind it, and a bench of specialists ready to serve. Here is who builds, runs and stands behind your work.

At a glance

An experienced team, several layers deep.

Senior leads on the call, senior engineers on the ground, and a specialist bench behind both.

Senior, proven
Delivery leads

Each lead has delivered government and financial-institution projects.

20+ years each
Forward-deployed engineers

Embedded senior engineers, on the ground with your team.

A deep bench
Specialists

Across development and delivery, supporting every engagement.

A forward-deployed engineer is a senior engineer embedded on-site with your team.

R&D backing

Backed by a strong R&D team — AIFT, the only InnoHK-recognised financial-technology research lab, with research leadership across City University of Hong Kong, Columbia and Tsinghua.

Leadership & research

The research behind the work.

ASTRA draws on AIFT — the only InnoHK-recognised financial-technology research lab — and on the research leaders within it.

Prof. Xiaofan Liu

Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong · Co-founder & advisor, AIFT

Focus
  • AI scam prevention
  • Web3 & blockchain
  • Computational social science
  • Directs a university joint-laboratory for intelligent scam prevention.
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems.
  • Gates Foundation grantee; recognised at the World Internet Conference 2024 for scam-prevention research.

His work underpins ASTRA's anti-scam and blockchain lines.

The AIFT research lab

The only InnoHK-recognised financial-technology research lab — the HKSAR government's flagship innovation initiative.

ASTRA's research roots
60+researchers
  • Mostly senior scientists and scientists, with program leaders and engineers — drawn from City University of Hong Kong, Columbia and Tsinghua.
  • A global research team across the Hong Kong and New York financial centres.
  • Research strength includes fellows of IEEE, SIAM and INFORMS, and members of national academies of engineering and science.
See the researchers at AIFT

Your named delivery leads and engineers — short profiles supplied at contract.

Your delivery team

The roles on your project.

The roles on your project — specific people are named when we contract; we don't put placeholder names on a page.

YOUR POINT OF CONTACT

Delivery lead

Accountable for your project, on the ground in Hong Kong.

Named at contract
THE DESIGN

Solution architect

Owns how the system is built and fits your environment.

Named at contract
THE BUILD

Engineers

Senior engineers building alongside your team, step by step.

Named at contract
SIGNS OFF RELEASES

Quality lead

A separate check — not the people who built it.

Named at contract
Working together

How we work with your team.

A small set of roles on your side, and a clear rhythm for keeping everyone in sync.

On your side
  • Project sponsorOwns the outcome; approves scope & budget.
  • Data ownerControls access to your data.
  • Subject expertsKnow the work the AI has to do.
How we stay in sync
  • WEEKLYProgress check-inWhat's done, what's next, any blockers.
  • AT EACH REVIEWSponsor sign-offScope, budget and the go-ahead — your call.
  • AS NEEDEDRisk & security reviewData handling, security, anything sensitive.

One named delivery lead is your single point of contact — accountable, and on the ground in Hong Kong.

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A bench ready to serve.

Tell us what you're trying to build — we'll bring the right people.

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