Christian Ruf

I help companies make better decisions by leveraging optimization technology.

Christian Ruf
Asunción, Paraguay

Experience

Jan 2021 - Jul 2022
7 months
Germany

Manager Intelligent Industry & Data Analytics

Capgemini Invent

Jun 2021 - Present
3 years 9 months

Operations Research Analyst

Independent analyst helping companies plan better with advanced analytics. Identify best approaches, formulate analytics models, and lead implementations. Skills include data analysis, machine learning, and prescriptive analytics. Experience solving challenging business problems in manufacturing, food industry, utilities, and retail.

Mar 2020 - Apr 2021
1 year 2 months
Germany

Manager Operations Research

Bain & Company

May 2017 - Dec 2019
1 year 8 months
United States

Researcher

University of Texas at Austin

Multiple Research Stays for joint research with J. F. Bard

Dec 2013 - Nov 2019
6 years
Germany

PhD Candidate

Technical University of Munich

PhD at the Chair of Operations Management

Oct 2010 - Sep 2013
3 years
Germany

Master's Student

Technical University of Munich

Master's in Information Systems

Oct 2007 - Sep 2010
3 years
Berlin, Germany

Bachelor's Student

University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics Berlin

Bachelor's in Business Informatics

Summary

I help companies plan better with advanced analytics. I identify the best approach, formulate analytics models, and I lead the implementation. My skills include data analysis, machine learning, and prescriptive analytics. I have a PhD in operations research, and experience solving challenging business problems in manufacturing, the food industry, utilities, and retail. Core skills Operations research | mathematical modeling | linear, integer, dynamic, and constraint programming | heuristics and meta-heuristics | decision-making under uncertainty | reinforcement learning | machine learning | simulation | data analysis Programming Python | Java | SQL | VBA | R Tools Gurobi | CPLEX | OR-Tools | Excel Solver | SolverStudio | Coin OR | Alteryx | Knime | Tableau | Excel | SimPy | skikit-learn | Git | Maven Other Bilingual (German and English) | Spanish (Basic) | Soccer | Skiing | Accordion

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Dec 2013 - Nov 2019

Technical University of Munich

PhD · Operations Management · Munich, Germany

Oct 2010 - Sep 2013

Technical University of Munich

Information Systems · Munich, Germany

Oct 2007 - Sep 2010

University of Applied Sciences for Engineering and Economics Berlin

Business Informatics · Berlin, Germany

Certifications & licenses

Sample-based Learning Methods

Machine Learning

Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning