Following are my areas of interest1 Supply chain strategy, design, planning and operationsi. Aligning supply chain, marketing and product development strategies with competitive strategyii. Supply and operations planningiii. Facility location and network designiv. Inventory simulation and optimizationv. Planning demand, pricing and promotions with supply capacityvi. Fleet size optimization, scheduling and routingvii. Product mix and cost contract optimization2. Common stock portfolioi. Portfolio cloningii. Common stock valuation models based on fundamental analysisiii. Technical analysis of common stocksiv. Monte Carlo simulations based on technical or fundamental analysis and trading rules and constraints3. Mathematical optimization and simulationi. Chemical reaction engineering: Dynamic and steady-state simulation and designii. Linear programming: Custom algorithms, heuristics, reformulations and problem decomposition strategiesiiii. Topology optimization for design using random search heuristics such as genetic algorithms and tabu search – chemical reactors, supply network, circuit boards