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In a dual-role as Product Owner and Project Manager, I coordinate a team of scientists and software developers on the full-stack development of an innovative toolkit that is helping the quantum computing industry to design the architecture of quantum computers of the future.I am the mind behind the design and implementation of the optimization algorithms used for solving the many problems found within our projects, including network design, scheduling, and packing. My role also involves contributing to the patenting process of the intelectual property generated for the toolkit and its diffusion for external audiences.

I contributed to the development and implementation of advanced algorithms addressing logistics problems. Notably, I published five research papers during this experience. My main research contributions were:• Introduced a heuristic handling policy for a vehicle routing problem with pickup and delivery;• Developed a framework to integrate storage location and order picking decisions in warehouses;• Addressed the challenging Quadratic Assignment Problem and its variants;• Proposed a machine learning-based solution for optimal zone sizing in warehousing;• Innovated in two-dimensional packing problems with circular containers.

Department of Operations and Decision Systems.Course: • Operations and Logistics (French, approx. 120 students)

Researcher in a project to develop optimization algorithms to solve a dynamic facility location problem with modular capacities. The results are published in a paper in the European Journal of Operations Research journal.

Department of Science and Technology.Courses: • Data Structure (~20 students) • Programming Logic (~40 students)

Summer internship. My role included data acquisition, analysis, processing, and integration to support the National Routing team. I contributed to the generation of optimized routes for delivery trucks, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring timely deliveries. This experience allowed me to apply my skills in data management and analysis to real-world logistics problems.

Member of the Project Management Office within the Production Engineering/Well Engineering department. In this role, I gained valuable insights into project coordination, process optimization, and cross-functional collaboration on the planning of the logistics of well drilling rigs.

Contributed to the project entitled: "Operations strategies for freight transportation in multilevel systems"The results are published in a paper in the Computers & Industrial Engineering journal.