The Xpress team is growing in the sales and marketing org: We are excited to welcome Jay Laramore in product marketing and Carlos Zetina in pre-sales. Together, with decades of experience in optimization across various disciplines, they bring a wealth of expertise as we continue to grow and evolve.
Jay has over 13 years of experience in optimization and data science spread across the market research, energy, health care, and commercial software industries.
Most recently, Jay spent the last decade at SAS Institute, where he partnered with customers to develop and deploy advanced analytics solutions using optimization and machine learning. He also designed and delivered educational courses on graph theory and applied network analysis, optimization, and time series forecasting for both business practitioners and technical audiences.
Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Roanoke College, and a master’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
At FICO, he’s excited to combine his strong technical background with a passion for clear, engaging storytelling to help customers unlock the full potential of optimization. He will play a key role in shaping go-to-market strategies and creating compelling content that amplifies the impact of FICO® Xpress in solving real-world operational challenges.
Born and raised in Belize, Carlos left to pursue a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the Fundacion Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Cholula, Mexico. Upon completing his Master’s degree he worked in consulting, automating the Regulatory Capital Requirement calculation for major banks in Mexico.
After 3 years of consulting, he pursued his Ph.D. at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, working on network design problems considering demand elasticity and data uncertainty. After doing a one-year post-doc at Polytechnique Montreal, he joined IVADO Labs, an AI consulting firm based in Montreal. There, he worked on supply chain optimization projects across verticals such as retail, transportation, and manufacturing.
Finally, before joining FICO, Carlos worked in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies organization at Amazon, building applications to optimize strategic and global sourcing decisions.
Carlos is excited to join the Xpress team as a pre-sales consultant and help companies learn about and use FICO® Xpress to make better decisions.
The FICO Xpress team keeps growing, and we will keep you posted about our new colleagues in product organization who are onboarding soon.
Until then, you are welcome to try the Community Edition and experiment with the included license (limits on problem size apply).
Pictures: Jay (left) and Carlos (right)
Jay has over 13 years of experience in optimization and data science spread across the market research, energy, health care, and commercial software industries.
Most recently, Jay spent the last decade at SAS Institute, where he partnered with customers to develop and deploy advanced analytics solutions using optimization and machine learning. He also designed and delivered educational courses on graph theory and applied network analysis, optimization, and time series forecasting for both business practitioners and technical audiences.
Jay holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Roanoke College, and a master’s degree in economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
At FICO, he’s excited to combine his strong technical background with a passion for clear, engaging storytelling to help customers unlock the full potential of optimization. He will play a key role in shaping go-to-market strategies and creating compelling content that amplifies the impact of FICO® Xpress in solving real-world operational challenges.
Born and raised in Belize, Carlos left to pursue a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree at the Fundacion Universidad de las Americas Puebla in Cholula, Mexico. Upon completing his Master’s degree he worked in consulting, automating the Regulatory Capital Requirement calculation for major banks in Mexico.
After 3 years of consulting, he pursued his Ph.D. at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, working on network design problems considering demand elasticity and data uncertainty. After doing a one-year post-doc at Polytechnique Montreal, he joined IVADO Labs, an AI consulting firm based in Montreal. There, he worked on supply chain optimization projects across verticals such as retail, transportation, and manufacturing.
Finally, before joining FICO, Carlos worked in the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies organization at Amazon, building applications to optimize strategic and global sourcing decisions.
Carlos is excited to join the Xpress team as a pre-sales consultant and help companies learn about and use FICO® Xpress to make better decisions.
The FICO Xpress team keeps growing, and we will keep you posted about our new colleagues in product organization who are onboarding soon.
Until then, you are welcome to try the Community Edition and experiment with the included license (limits on problem size apply).
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