# About Us - Helionox GmbH

## Our Philosophy

Behind Helionox stands a simple idea: no matter what the problem is, we solve it. Fast and with the highest quality.
Our team brings unique perspectives to your project combining academic backgrounds in biophysics and economics with hands-on experience at large institutions like BlackRock and Deutsche Bank.
With Helionox, you know that you have experts with highly technical knowledge and institutional experience right by your side, and you can trust that the quality will always be right.

## Our Team

- **Alexander Thorne** (Managing Director)
  - Project lead, active development and the architectural design of enterprise software for financial markets in a highly regulated environment.
  - Execution of AI initiatives, particularly NLP, RAG workflows, and Agentic AI operations.
  - Delivery of robust Cloud and Kubernetes platforms, including Data/ML pipelines (Airflow).
  - Design of Microservices architectures (Java/Spring Boot) guided by Domain-Driven Design and API-First principles.
- **Rafael Thun** (Managing Director)
  - Enterprise software development for financial institutions and artificial intelligence applications.
  - Implementation of Agentic-AI workflows, including RAG, Tool-Use, Orchestration, and LLMOps.
  - Delivery of Cloud/Kubernetes platforms and Data/Machine Learning pipelines using modern infrastructure.
  - Consulting on AI-Risk and Governance (ISO/IEC 42001), Secure SDLC, and Zero-Trust/IAM frameworks.
- **Henrik Lütjeharms** (Managing Director)
  - Deep expertise in quantitative finance (market risk - FRTB) specifically non-modellable risk factors (NMRF) under the internal model approach (IMA).
  - Implementation of Agentic-AI workflows and evaluation frameworks using Guardrails and RAGAS.
  - Design of data pipelines for feature engineering, machine learning classifiers, and model observability.
  - Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/OpenTofu) deployment and Cloud (GCP/Kubernetes) migration strategies.