{"id":2216,"date":"2006-11-08T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-08T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2006\/11\/08\/optimization-expert\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T04:04:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T08:04:07","slug":"optimization-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/optimization-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimization Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the interesting opportunity to have lunch with Michael Lamoureaux, from the Sourcing Innovation Blog, yesterday. Michael was in Pittsburgh to attend a huge operations management conference here.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>During our conversation, I learned a lot about Michael\u2019s very impressive combination of skills and interests. It turns out that he has a Ph.D in some advanced type of mathematics, has programming skills in various computer languages, is an expert on decision optimization, and has a keen interest in sourcing and supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I\u2019d like to sit down again with him with the hopes of sharing some insights into decision optimization with the readers of PurchTips. He has an immense amount of knowledge and I think we could learn a lot from him.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, be sure to check out his blog. 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