James Neill
Manager Senior Q Kdb Consultant at FD Technologies
Greenwich, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Neill is a specialist in q/kdb+ with 13 years of experience delivering ultra-fast time-series and array-processing solutions for Tier 1 investment banks and fintech firms. Currently a Manager and Senior q/kdb+ Consultant at FD Technologies, he has held long-term consulting roles at Morgan Stanley and contributed technical writing for KX, showing both deep hands-on expertise and the ability to translate complex systems for broader audiences. His background in applied mathematics, physics and scientific computing underpins a pragmatic approach to performance tuning, low-latency data pipelines and bespoke analytics. Based in Greenwich, he combines institutional trading-floor experience with consultancy agility, often simplifying legacy systems while driving measurable throughput improvements. Notably, his career blends repeated client-facing senior consultancy engagements with internal training coordination, indicating strengths in mentorship and knowledge transfer as well as delivery.
13 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modelling, Master of Science (MSc) Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modelling at University College CorkLeaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate at Clonakilty Community CollegeGithub contributions (5)
jpneill/jpneill.github.io
May 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:137 pushes in 1 year 8 months
jpneill/SPHSim
Oct 2012 - May 2013
Contributions:3 commits in 7 months
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