Where your boldest technology bets ship, scale, and pay off

Turn an ambitious idea into a platform in production.

Most ventures stall between vision and shipped product. I close that gap: 24 years building AI, cloud, and regulated fintech platforms from zero to scale.

24 years leading technology
$60M transformation programs delivered
0→1 platforms built and scaled
99.9% production availability sustained

Selected work

A record of platforms built, transformations delivered, and systems trusted with money, compliance, and scale.

AI-powered education platform · 0→1

Goal Education

Founded and led the platform end to end: product vision, cloud-native AWS architecture, and full-stack delivery across iOS, Android, Spring Boot, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. Scaled to 100% weekly user growth while holding 99.9% availability with Terraform, CI/CD, and Grafana and Prometheus observability.

  • AWS
  • Terraform
  • AI workflows
  • Full-stack
  • Observability
CTO & Founder 2025 - 2026
Enterprise transformation · Client CTO

Alumni Services

Acted as client CTO for signature Hong Kong organisations serving 100K members. Designed multi-year hybrid-cloud transformation across AWS and Azure, Zero-Trust security aligned to HKMA and SFC, and a 360-degree customer data platform.

  • Hybrid cloud
  • Zero-Trust
  • Data platform
  • Board advisory
Head of Technology 2023 - 2025
SFC-regulated fintech · Infrastructure from zero

Victory Fintech (VDX)

Built the infrastructure and DevOps function from the ground up for an SFC-regulated digital asset platform. Architected resilient, secure AWS environments and custody systems on Zero-Trust principles, with 24/7 DR, BCP, and incident management for mission-critical trading and settlement.

  • AWS
  • Zero-Trust
  • Custody systems
  • DR / BCP
Head of Infrastructure & DevOps 2022 - 2023
Global enterprise · IBM & Telstra

Enterprise transformation programs

Fifteen years of senior technology leadership across banking, insurance, logistics, and hospitality. Architected US$60M transformation programs, managed HK$20M budgets and distributed teams of 80, and delivered 20% cost reduction through cloud adoption and automation.

  • Enterprise architecture
  • Cloud adoption
  • Regulated (HKMA / SFC)
  • Delivery leadership
Architect & Technology Leader 2007 - 2022

How I can help

AI strategy & 0→1 product build

From roadmap and emerging-tech evaluation to shipping production AI features, data pipelines, and full-stack applications.

Cloud & platform architecture

Scalable, secure, cost-disciplined design across AWS, Azure, and hybrid, with infrastructure-as-code and reliability engineering.

Security & compliance

Zero-Trust architecture and governance for regulated environments, aligned to HKMA, SFC, PDPO, ISO 27001, and PCI-DSS.

Fractional CTO & board advisory

Translating business objectives into technology decisions for founders, CEOs, and boards, with hands-on delivery when it counts.

Writing & speaking

Perspectives on agentic AI, enterprise adoption, and what technology leaders should do now.

Experience

Two decades across startups, enterprise, and global technology firms.

  1. 2026 - Present Chief Technology Officer & Founder Profit Rise Consulting · Hong Kong
  2. 2025 - 2026 Chief Technology Officer & Founder Goal Education · Hong Kong
  3. 2023 - 2025 Head of Technology, CTO Office Alumni Services · Hong Kong
  4. 2022 - 2023 Head of Infrastructure & DevOps Victory Fintech (VDX) · Hong Kong
  5. 2021 - 2022 Chief Technology Officer Assistive Technologies Asia · Hong Kong
  6. 2014 - 2021 Head of Solution Architecture & Customer Solutions Architect Telstra International · Hong Kong
  7. 2000 - 2014 Architect & Technology Leadership roles IBM & Microware · Hong Kong, UK, Australia

Certifications

  • ISO 42001:2023 Lead ImplementerPECB HK
  • CISSP(ISC)²
  • ISO 27001:2022 Lead AuditorBSI UK
  • AWS Solutions Architect - ProfessionalAmazon Web Services
  • AWS Machine Learning SpecialtyAmazon Web Services
  • AWS Advanced Networking SpecialtyAmazon Web Services
  • AWS Security SpecialtyAmazon Web Services
  • TOGAF 9 Certified ArchitectThe Open Group
  • ITIL Service Management (Managers)BCS

Education

  • Executive MBALondon Business School, UK
  • MComm, Information Systems & ManagementUNSW Sydney, Australia
  • BEng (Hons), ComputingUNSW Sydney, Australia

Languages

  • EnglishFluent
  • CantoneseNative
  • MandarinConversational

Your next platform, live and creating value.

You have the ambition; what's missing is the person who has shipped it before. Bring me in as fractional CTO, advisor, or hands-on builder, and let's move your AI, cloud, or fintech idea from concept to production.

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