Operations Research 2025
Abstract Submission

2438. ORntrepreurship

Invited abstract in session UB-10: ORntrepreurship, stream Dokt!OR.

Tuesday, 16:30-18:00
Room: H16

Authors (first author is the speaker)

1. Geoffrey De Smet
Timefold
2. Jens Peter Kempkes
OPTANO GmbH
3. Gerald Lach
Institut für Mathematik, TU Berlin

Abstract

A PhD in OR can be a great starting point for entrepreneurial activities. The following four panellists each started successful companies making use of their skills and experiences from conducting academic research projects in OR, and they are happy to share their stories and their lessons learned:

Geoffrey De Smet, CTO and Co-Founder, timefold, https://timefold.ai/

Dustin Feld,Managing Director and Co-Founder, adiutaByte, https://adiutabyte.de/

Jens Peter Kempkes, Managing Director and Co-Founder, OPTANO, https://optano.com

Gerald Lach, Managing Director and Co-Founder, mathPlan, https://mathplan.de/

Keywords

Status: accepted


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