About

Skelton Consulting GmbH is a product development and software consulting company. We focus on advanced market data capture and analytics using kdb+ from Kx Systems. Our services capitalize on the expertise of the company's founder, Charles Skelton.

Mission

According to Giorgio Armani, the three golden rules of good design are

  • eliminate the superfluous
  • emphasise the comfortable
  • acknowledge the elegance of the uncomplicated

Mr. Armani is not famous for his software, but we believe these rules also summarise our principles of software design. We strive to implement efficient, reliable and elegant solutions using the most advanced techniques available today.

Founder

Charles Skelton is the Owner of and Principal Consultant at Skelton Consulting GmbH, founded in 1999. He has a BSc (Hons.) in Applied Physics and has been writing professional, commercial software applications since the late 1980s, using many languages and specialising in leading-edge systems k, ksql, q, c++, java, c#, kdb, kdb+, J2EE and .NET in finance.

He has consulted to many companies in the U.K., Germany, U.S.A., and Spain, enjoying the languages and cultural diversity that each has to offer. His philosophy is to deal with only one client at a time, taking care to address all of the client's needs, building an honest and integral relationship in the process. Since incorporation, Skelton Consulting has been repeatedly engaged in many projects with the global investment bank JPMorgan, and more recently HVB and Deutsche Bank.

Charles has collected various qualifications since graduation, including Certified C++ Programmer (tekmetrics), Novell CNE/CNA, PADI Open Water Scuba diving...

Registration Details

Skelton Consulting GmbH is registered in the commercial register of Stuttgart District Court under the number HRB 20609.

VAT Number: DE-812841801

Manager: Charles G. Skelton