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First post¶
About me¶
Academically I'm an Industrial Engineer with a PhD in Operations Research.
Geographically, I'm a Peruvian living in Europe.
Personally, I like bicycles, programming, solving riddles, reading science fiction, and disagreeing / complaining amicably with friends.
Professionally, I've mostly been involved in software development, quantitative consulting and supply chain.
A few of the things I've done or worked on:
- [2009] I co-founded a car-sharing project while in college when Uber was still not a thing. In Lima,
. - [2011-] I co-founded a consultancy + software company in Operations Research. In Madrid
. - [2017-2020] I did a PhD in Operations Research. In Toulouse
. - [2019-] I became maintainer of the PuLP modelling library. .
- [2020] I started a clothing delivery company. In Lima .
- [2020-] I started an open source deployment server for optimization engines. .
- [2021-2024] I worked as a senior supply chain planner in a UN humanitarian organization. In Rome
. - [2024-2025] I unsuccessfully (re)started the clothing delivery company. In Rome .
- [2024-] I started working as a self-employed OR consultant. In
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If you want to reach me, you can check the contact page.
About this blog¶
I'm not yet 100% sure what this blog will be about. But I think it will probably be about technology and Operations Research, python development, and any other thing that I may find interesting.
I've been thinking on writing for a while. The main reason I'm doing it now is:
- I like writing and I never do it.
- I never have the time and now I do.
- Writing may help me with my thinking process.
- The content may be relevant / useful for others.
About the icon¶
In searching for an icon, I decided to re-use the "Enter" arrow () for a few reasons:
(1) turning arrows always remind of taking a decision, as opposed to the straight arrow that implies the default course of action;
(2) the "Enter" key has been historically tied to taking a decision in the PC world: "sending an email", "sending a message", "accepting a dialog";
(3) there is something about turning left that romantically reminds me of going against the tide (or the "right" path).