ABOUT US | A Spaceship For You

Meet the Team

Keith and Lucien developed Capital Spaceship to make learning personal finance fun and engaging

Spaceships & Finance CEO Keith Liao, Financial Literacy and Personal Finance instructor and curriculum designer

CEO

Shek-hung Keith Liao

Keith is a serial entrepreneur and co-founded Aedify with Lucien. His first company, Cayuga Climbs, is the first commercial climbing gym in Ithaca, NY. Keith is also a public lands and management consultant, providing strategic planning advice to multi-million dollar organizations in the public lands and sustainability space. He was previously a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton and the National Park Service and has an MBA from Cornell University.

COO

Lucien Charland

Lucien, co-founder of Aedify, is passionate about financial literacy. Lucien is the Senior Manager of Strategy and Operations at an international financial exchange. He was previously a Budget Analyst at the National Park Service and the Head of Operations at a global development consulting agency. He has been part of the Financial Independence movement for over a decade. Lucien has a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University.

Keith and Lucien founded Aedify in 2020 to teach data analytics. They have taught over 50 data analytics courses both online and in-person and are guest lecturers at Cornell University's Masters of Health Administration program.

They have since expanded Aedify's offerings to financial literacy - data literacy and financial literacy are practical skills that are essential to navigating the modern world.

Aedify seeks to reimagine learning to reflect the needs and technology of modern society. We strive to make learning feel like a byproduct of play, ensuring that students are internally motivated, resulting in better education outcomes and lower demands on educators.

Advisors

Dr. Barbara Hickman

Education and K-12 Advisor

Dr. Barbara Hickman is an assistant professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming. Dr. Hickman has worked in site, district and state level leadership positions including district superintendent and as an associate superintendent for curriculum, instruction, and human resources. She is focused on research and teaching in the areas of large-scale systemic change and implementation, STEM leadership, and the application of constitutional law in educational settings.