Chief StrategistKx’s
Simon is responsible for upholding Kx’s high standards for technical excellence and customer responsiveness. He also manages Kx’s participation in the Securities Trading Analysis Center, overseeing all third-party benchmarking. Prior to joining Kx in 2002, Simon worked at a database search engine company. Before that he worked at Credit Suisse in risk management. Simon has developed software using kdb+ and q, going back to when the original k and kdb were introduced. Simon received his degree in Mathematics from the University of London and is currently based in Europe.
Talks I've Given
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Always Keep a Benchmark in your Back Pocket
Featuring Simon Garland
As programmers we all know about the importance of test suites but tend to leave creating a benchmark – either to measure against other software solutions, or to compare hardware choices – until the last minute. That can lead to a hardware choice made on too few criteria, having to...
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Always Keep a Benchmark in your Back Pocket
Featuring Simon Garland
As programmers we all know about the importance of test suites but tend to leave creating a benchmark – either to measure against other software solutions, or to compare hardware choices – until the last minute. That can lead to a hardware choice made on too few criteria, having to...
quality -
Always Keep a Benchmark in your Back Pocket
Featuring Simon Garland
As programmers we all know about the importance of test suites but tend to leave creating a benchmark – either to measure against other software solutions, or to compare hardware choices – until the last minute. That can lead to a hardware choice made on too few criteria, having to...
quality