Christian R.

Thank you for visiting my profile! I’m looking forward to finding out how I can support you! Summary: + I help SMEs leverage optimization technology. + Over 14 years of experience applying operations research (OR) methods. + Deep expertise in building optimization-based solutions for hospitals, pharmacies, airlines, and airports. + Ph.D. from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). + Successfully worked as an OR expert in management consulting (Bain & Company). + Publications in top scientific journals (e.g., Transportation Science). + Native-like English, Native German, fluent Spanish. Favorite Problems: + Inventory/procurement analytics and optimization + Workforce planning and personnel scheduling + Scheduling + Network design optimization Methodological Skills: + Process simulation / digital twins + Demand forecasting + Linear problems (LP) + Integer problems (IP) + Mixed integer linear problems (MILP) + Non-linear problems + Heuristics and Meta-Heuristics + Recurring decisions + Decisions under uncertainty + Markov decision processes (MDP) + Reinforcement Learning (RL) + Dynamic programming + Data extraction, transformation, analysis, and visualization Selected Tools: + Solvers: Gurobi, CPLEX, Google’s OR-Tools, Coin-OR, HiGHS, GEKKO + Simulation: SimPy, SSJ + Machine learning: skikit-learn, XGBoost, PyTorch, TensorFlow + Data processing: Numpy, Pandas, PySpark, KNIME, SQL, Excel + VBA + Data visualization: Tableau, Grafana, Plotly/Dash, Matplotlib + Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Talk soon! Christian