Scalable Systems for Unstructured Data

We architect high-performance data infrastructure that runs itself — so you can focus on what the data tells you, not the machinery behind it.

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About

Halcyon Partners is a consulting firm founded by engineers and researchers who spent nearly a decade building production systems at the intersection of large-scale data processing, statistical modelling, and quantitative finance.

We specialise in architecting scalable systems for processing unstructured data. Our designs are built for durability: minimal operational overhead, few moving parts, and low ongoing maintenance. The result is infrastructure that stays out of your way and holds up under real-world load for years.

Services

Data Infrastructure

End-to-end architecture for ingesting, transforming, and serving unstructured data at scale — designed to run with minimal intervention.

System Design

High-throughput, low-latency pipelines built on simple, composable components that are easy to reason about and maintain.

ML & Statistical Modelling

Production-grade modelling infrastructure — from feature engineering to deployment — with a focus on reproducibility and reliability.

Team

Ali Shariat, PhD

Co-founder

Computer Engineering (University of Toronto). Nine years as a Staff Engineer at a leading quantitative investment firm. Expertise in graph theory, mathematical optimisation, and building high-performance data systems from the ground up.

Michael Lim, PhD

Co-founder

Statistics (Stanford University). Research roles at two top quantitative trading firms. Published work in statistical learning and author of the glinternet R package. Deep experience in financial markets infrastructure and modelling pipelines.

Contact

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