Kx Hires Data Analytics Vet Sykes to Expand kdb+ Uses

Before joining Kx Systems, Sykes was a partner at a private investment fund, prior to which he was global head of algorithmic solutions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2010 to 2013, where he managed the quant, trading and technology teams and introduced an FX execution platform built on kdb+. He has also served as director of foreign exchange at Citigroup and as director and head of algorithmic trading at Deutsche Bank, where he implemented the bank's first tick history database using kdb+.

"I've worked closely with kdb+ over the years and seen it become the industry standard for handling tick data at large financial institutions. We're now witnessing even greater demand for time-series data solutions from the middle office, where real-time analytics is so crucial to enterprise risk management. I'll be focusing on opportunities in financial services and in other sectors where kdb+ is ideally suited, like click analytics and smart metering," Sykes says in a statement.

Based in London, he reports to Kx chief executive Janet Lustgarten.