Mike Prince is a Principal Data Scientist @ Archer | PhD in Operations Research at Archer. He possess expertise in operations research, mathematical modeling, microsoft excel, linear programming, integer programming and 29 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Mike is a driving force for any company that is lucky to have him. I had the opportunity to work alongside Mike Convoy Inc; and as his direct report in BNSF Railway. Mike is a natural leader who helps everyone on the team grow personally and professionally. His long-term vision and prioritization skills will help craft a detailed and visionary roadmap for a science team. As an Individual contributor, His fantastic detail-oriented, practical, and result-driven attitude enables him to own from ideation to execution of some of the most complex problems in the company. During my tenure at BNSF Railway, I handled several projects under Mike's supervision. His guidance and support were critical to the success of the projects. He provided me feedback and did not afraid to dive deep with me on some of the problems. His busy schedule was never an issue if you needed him. He has your growth as one of his priorities as a team leader and works with you along the way. In Convoy, his projects are some of the cornerstones of the team. His business ideas and vision helped create teams and projects that are still functioning after his departure. He owned a complex problem and worked alongside the multi-disciplinary team to solve the issues and roll out successful projects. He holds a high bar on the quality of his works which inspires others to do the same. He holds my highest recommendation for any company that wishes to acquire his service.", "Mike is an extremely strong technical leader and versatile data scientist. At Convoy, he was responsible for the optimization algorithms that powered our core routing and planning technology. This is core to Convoy’s mission of reducing waste in the freight industry. Not only is Mike a strong operations researcher, he is innovative from both product and technology perspectives. At Convoy, he was constantly spearheading new ways to improve the efficiency of our offerings, while also thinking of how to build scalable systems. Mike has a unique ability to cut through numerous ideas and questions to focus his energy on the projects that deliver the most impact. He is also effective at collaborating across disciplines and seniorities. All this made him one of the most respected and productive data scientists at Convoy.", and "I worked with Mike on a series of complex, novel problems related to improving trucking efficiency via routing enhancements, coordinated planning systems, and loads of elbow grease. Mike is especially excellent at cutting through the mess of unimportant details and choosing the most impactful places to push to make progress. His ability to connect the long-term vision to what needs to be done now to pave the way is important in a fast-moving, uncertain landscape. During my time working with him, Mike was the most productive member of a tremendous cross-functional team."