Heung-keung C
CEO And Founder at VAST.li
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Summary
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Top SchoolHeung-keung C is a CTO-level founder and engineering executive with 14+ years delivering high-impact fintech and eCommerce systems and 20+ years of enterprise technical experience, including leadership roles at HSBC and PayPal that produced $150M+ in revenue and a $150M+ digital gift card business. He now leads VAST.li to build local-first AI infrastructure in Malaysia, emphasizing data, geographic, and agentic autonomy to avoid vendor lock-in and meet strict regulatory standards. A hands-on technologist, he has built AI trading platforms and a USD-pegged stablecoin dApp while leveraging TensorFlow, Python, Ethereum/Solidity and CCXT for production-grade ML and crypto systems. Known for driving digital transformation, he blends product delivery, vendor partnerships and DevOps rigor—boosting delivery efficiency by 30%+ and on-time rates to 95% at HSBC. Fluent in English, Malay, Mandarin and Cantonese, he balances regional market insight with deep technical execution and a clear focus on sovereign AI capabilities.
14 years of coding experience
Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Master of Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University
English, Chinese, Chinese, Malay
Github Skills (11)
sublime10
sublime-text10
python9
docker8
text-editor8
documentation7
reaction7
react4
storefront3
laravel2
php2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
hkchai/PlainTasks
Feb 2020 - Jan 2024
An opinionated todo-list plugin for Sublime Text editor (version 2 and 3)
Contributions:32 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 11 months
sublimetodo-listtext-editorsublime-texttodo
hkchai/roles
Aug 2015 - Feb 2020
Contributions:5 pushes in 4 years 6 months
phppermissionshandlinglaravel-5laravel
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