About Albert Au

Who is Albert Au?

Albert Au (區恩庭) builds community-care technology in Hong Kong through TeamCare at acesobee limited and PharmCare, and teaches Lean LaunchPad to founders in any field, with the deepest work in digital health, medtech, and AI.

What name forms does Albert Au use?

Albert Au uses the English name Albert Au, the Chinese name 區恩庭, and the romanisations AU Yan Ting and Albert Au Yan-ting.

What companies has Albert Au founded?

Albert Au co-founded HealthBasic, which was acquired in 2001 by Quality Healthcare Medical Services and eHealthcareAsia. He co-founded acesobee limited in 2014, where TeamCare is still running. He founded PharmCare Technology Limited in 2020 and is its CTO. He leads the Drug Icon CC medication-pictogram project. He co-founded HKGoodPost, an SDG and social-innovation blogging platform. Earlier, he worked at IBM from 1995, at Health Dimension, and at Williams Lea.

Where does Albert Au teach?

Albert Au has taught Lean LaunchPad since 2018. He is a Visiting Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and a trainer at HKU SPACE, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, and HKU DeepTech. The method is for founders in any field. The deepest work is with digital health, medtech, and AI teams. He teaches customer discovery, the business model canvas, value proposition, and commercialization.

What does Albert Au write about?

Albert Au writes in three series. HealthTech is on LinkedIn until the essay's sources are published here: HealthTech in Asia is moving faster than the regulatory pathway. Social Innovation begins on LinkedIn with Digital inclusion starts with confidence, not features, and continues on HKGoodPost: hkgoodpost.com/author/albert. Lean LaunchPad and Entrepreneurship is on this site, first published on LinkedIn: Your MVP looks finished. Your customer discovery isn't. The full list is on the writing page.

What is Albert Au's educational background?

Albert Au earned a BEng in Computer Science from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (1992–1995), an MBA from HKUST (2001–2003), and a Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution from HKU SPACE (2012–2013).

What board and advisory roles does Albert Au hold?

Albert Au is a Director of the Social Enterprise Forum (since 2022), a member of the Advisory Committee on Social Entrepreneurship at Tung Wah College (since 2024), a member of the Advisory Committee of Wofoo Social Enterprises (since 2024), a Committee Member of the Social Enterprise Summit 2026 (since 2025), and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Golden Age Foundation (since 2020). The same list is on the roles page.

How can someone contact Albert Au?

Email Albert Au at [email protected], or reach him on LinkedIn.

Timeline

YearsWhat
1992–1995BEng Computer Science, HKUST. Final-year project: a clinical system.
1995–1998IBM, healthcare and insurance sectors. Digital health work dates from 1995.
1999–2001Co-founder and COO, HealthBasic. Acquired in 2001 by Quality Healthcare Medical Services and eHealthcareAsia.
2001–2003MBA, HKUST.
2002–2004Health Dimension, medical and hospital IT.
2007–2015Williams Lea.
2012–2013Postgraduate Diploma in International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution, HKU SPACE.
2014–PresentCo-founder, acesobee limited (TeamCare, community care planning).
2018–PresentVisiting Lecturer, PolyU, teaching Lean LaunchPad since 2018. Also trainer at HKU SPACE, HKSTP, and HKU DeepTech.
2020–PresentFounder and CTO, PharmCare Technology Limited.
2020–PresentMember, Advisory Committee, Golden Age Foundation.
2022–PresentDirector, Social Enterprise Forum.
2024–PresentAdvisory Committee on Social Entrepreneurship, Tung Wah College. Advisory Committee, Wofoo Social Enterprises.
2025–PresentCommittee Member, Social Enterprise Summit 2026.
2026Three writing series: HealthTech on LinkedIn, Social Innovation on LinkedIn and HKGoodPost, and Lean LaunchPad and Entrepreneurship on this site.