Leo C.
Sr. Operations Research Developer | Southwest Airlines
- Role
- Senior Operations Research Developer at Southwest Airlines
- Location
- Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Leo C.
Operations research specialist with 3+ years in airline operational recovery under disruption, improving crew and aircraft recovery systems through advanced mathematical modeling and software engineering. Expert in mixed-integer optimization, network optimization, and large-scale optimization. Passionate about leveraging operations research and machine learning to drive efficient and cost-effective decision-making.
Experience
Senior Operations Research Developer
Sep 2024 — Present · Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, US
Aircraft Assignment, Route Planning and Recovery Optimization Under Disruption- Designed system-level recovery decision frameworks by tailoring solution metrics across six irregular-operation scenarios and four solution profiles, enabling operations controllers to rapidly evaluate trade-offs under time-critical disruptions- Introduced new metrics to surface downstream crew impacts within aircraft recovery solutions, improving decision transparency, reducing operational risk, and increasing the likelihood of solution adoption- Designed and implemented a fuel-efficiency–aware tail assignment algorithm that aligned aircraft assignment decisions with operational reliability, maintenance constraints, cost efficiency, and sustainability objectives- Led cross-functional remediation of critical code security vulnerabilities, strengthening system robustness and improving enterprise security scan outcomes by nearly 2×.
Education
University of Central Florida
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Industrial Engineering
Arizona State University
Master's Degree, Industrial Engineering
The Ohio State University
Master’s Degree, Operations Research
Soochow University
Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA
Skills
- Statistics
- R
- Sql
- Mathematical Modeling
- Matlab
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Excel
- Powerpoint
- Simulations
- Python
- Latex
- Gurobi
- Optimization
- Integer Programming
- Large Scale Optimization
- Ampl
- Cplex
- Vba
- C++
- Operations Research
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