Andrew Vakhutinsky

About Andrew Vakhutinsky

Innovative technical leader specializing in optimization, modeling, simulation, and…

Experience

1. Consulting Member of Technical Staff

   Wayfair

   Mar 2017 — Present · Burlington, MA, US

   Revenue Optimization & Demand Modeling – Built advanced pricing and recommender systems for Oracle retail and hospitality clients; improved revenue performance using discrete choice modeling in collaboration with academic partners.• Hotel Overbooking Optimization – Designed models to set optimal overbooking limits in hospitality, balancing incremental revenue with service quality and customer retention.• Causality Analysis – Applied econometric and machine learning methods to identify demand drivers and quantify dependencies on pricing, promotions, and external factors.• Project Management Optimization – Applied stochastic programming to large-scale project management systems, enhancing resource allocation and decision-making under uncertainty.• Retail Operations – Developed algorithms for merchandise replenishment and space planning, driving higher sales and inventory efficiency.• Algorithmic Innovation – Advanced randomized decomposition methods for solving complex large-scale optimization problems.• Agent-Based Optimization – Leveraged LLM-based OptiChat library to enable a natural language interface with complex stochastic optimization systems, improving solution explainability and user interaction.• Order Allocation (NetSuite) – Designed and deployed optimization models to improve order allocation, reducing stockouts and maximizing fulfillment efficiency across channels.• Emergency Dispatch Optimization – Developed computer-aided dispatch models using stochastic optimization and reinforcement learning; demonstrated significant reductions in incident response time in real-data simulations.• Leadership & Stakeholder Management – Directed cross-functional projects, gathered requirements from business stakeholders, and delivered results with clear executive-level reporting and presentations.

Education

• University of Maryland

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Operations Research

  1991 — 1996

• Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT)

  Master’s Degree

Skills

• Management
• Optimization Algorithms
• Data Modeling
• Machine Learning
• Linear Programming
• Integer Programming
• Scheduling Algorithms
• Statistics
• Retail Sales Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Marketing Analytics
• Markdown Optimization
• Java
• C++
• C
• C#
• Python
• R
• Revenue Analysis
• Price Optimization
• Integration
• Software Development
• Algorithms
• Sql
• Software Engineering
• Optimization
• Data Analysis
• Analytics
• Cloud Computing
• Matlab
• Simulations
• Data Mining
• Programming
• Research
• Business Intelligence