Andreas Furche – Managing Director

• Andreas is an expert in capital markets and trading technologies with a hands-on implementation focus and track record. He has successfully led a number of technology implementation projects in payments and trading infrastructure and applications, expert systems, and related technologies.
• As Director for the Financial Services Sector at Electronic Trading Concepts Pty Ltd, Andreas was responsible for all projects of that company in the industry segment, focussing on the application of new technologies on financial markets.
• Previously as managing Director of DigiCash Pty Ltd, he led the Asia / Pacific division of that company which deployed the first Internet electronic cash system worldwide with a number of major banks including amongst others Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Citibank.
• In addition to his implementation track record Andreas takes a key interest in capital markets research, specifically in the implementation aspects of international trading and payment networks, an area that was the focus of his PhD and a number of his publications.

Michael Aitken – Executive Director

• in 1993 Mike was a founding director of SMARTS , which is the world leader in the development and implementation of market surveillance systems for stock exchanges and market regulators.
• in 1994 Mike established the
  Securities Industry Research Centre of Asia-Pacific (SIRCA).
• Mike is currently the Professor of Capital Market Technologies at the University of New South Wales, and is arguably the world's leading researcher in market integrity.
   

Michael O’Brien – Product Manager

• Michael spent 9 years at the Market Surveillance division of the Australian Stock Exchange. This included 6 years as an Investigations Analyst being directly involved in many of the significant and high profile Australian market investigations during the 1990s, and 3 years as Assistant National Manager of Market Surveillance.
• Michael has worked for a number of Australian securities dealers / stock-brokers as Compliance Manager or as a consultant providing compliance services.