Xcelerit is a leading provider of cutting edge analytics solutions for Quantitative Finance, Engineering, and Research. The company’s mission is to accelerate the pace of business, innovation, and scientific discovery. Xcelerit extensive experience enables the firm to deliver full solutions from expert training, advisory, and bespoke products. Its distinct competitive advantage derives from the unique combination of domain specialist knowledge and cutting-edge software expertise. This allows the firm to forge the most efficient solutions to better address its clients’ needs. Xcelerit is the maker of XAD, the fast and comprehensive C++ library for automatic differentiation (https://github.com/xcelerit/XAD). The company has received recognition as a finalist in the Red Herring Europe Top 100 award, the Red Herring Top 100 Global award, and the only two-time winner of HPCwire’s “Best use of High Performance Computing in Financial Services” award. Xcelerit satisfied customers include the leading firms in investment banking, asset management, and insurance. The firm informs and is informed through close partnerships with the world’s leading technology firms, including IBM, Intel, Nvidia, and many others.