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Education

Ph.D in Industrial Engineering, University of Washington, USA, 2022
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, University of Washington, USA, 2019
B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Business Management (Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen), FH Nordakademie Hochschule der Wirtschaft (University of Applied Sciences), Germany, 2017

Work experience

Operations Research Scientist @Convoy, Inc.
- Since August 2022
- Accomplishments:
  - Led research on optimally matching carriers to time-based contracts to reach a market equilibrium.
  - Led the design and implementation of novel routing algorithm to maximize utilization of time-based carrier contracts through optimal route allocation of inter regional shipments into production code.
  - Identified areas of improvement in existing routing and job scheduling infrastructure and reduced loss by XX%.
  - Led science part of strategic product planning and entitlement analysis for time-based contract driven shipment fulfillment.
Pre-Doctoral Research Associate @University of Washington – Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center
- June 2019 - June 2022
- Accomplishments:
  - Led collaboration with Municipality of Bowen Island in Canada and coordinated team of 2 people to develop evacuation plan.
  - Slashed estimated evacuation time of isolated communities by 70% through mixed-integer stochastic optimization model, solved through meta-heuristics.
  - Reduced route time for commercial trucks by 7% through combined OD-matrix estimation and route optimization framework that incorporates expected parking delays into vehicle routing.
  - Developed demand-driven mixed integer model to optimize the location of commercial vehicle loading zones in urban areas.
Research Scientist Intern 2 @Amazon
- June 2021 - September 2021
- Accomplishments:
  - Improved expected resource planning cost for trucks by approx. 15% through routing-based resource optimization model using robust optimization and column-generation decomposition techniques in nationwide logistic network.
  - Reduced manual adjustments in resource planning process by approx. 60% through flexible block-based resource planning tool.
Research Scientist Intern 1 @Amazon
- June 2020 - September 2020
- Accomplishments:
  - Saved $26M in fixed costs per year in North American middle mile logistics network through combined planning and routing of multiple value streams with a shared equipment fleet.
  - Reduced analysis time for equipment rightsizing and combined routing simulation from approx. 3 months to 12 hours of analysis time by leveraging big data warehousing, parallel computing and data pipeline integration.
Research Assistant @University of Washington – Dep. of Industrial Engineering
- Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
- Accomplishments:
  - Designed experiment, simulator set up, data collection, and analysis for a pilot workload study with flight simulator and developed systematic method for scenario selection.
  - Developed a simulation model for investigating the effect of urban traffic density-based vehicle guidance systems on traffic flow.
Material Planner Intern @Tesla
- Jun 2018 - Sep 2018
- Accomplishments:
  - Reduced number of missing parts in warehouse by 10% through statistical data analysis and machine learning model to identify causes of missing parts and predict inventory shortage.
  - Streamlined cross-functional processes for improved material and information flow between three business units.
Supply Chain Improvement Manager @Airbus
- Oct 2016 - Sep 2017
- Accomplishments:
  - Reduced inventory capital tie-up by $100M through data-driven target-setting process for optimized inventory levels.
  - Collaborated with Business Transformation Director on 5 year road map for improved supply chain function, and managed the resulting project portfolio.
Co-op Rotational Internship Program @Airbus
- Aug 2013 - Oct 2016
- Accomplishments:
  - Completed project-based engineering internships in engineering, production, supply chain, and quality departments.

Publications

Systematic approach for the design of flight simulator studies

Krutein, K. F. & Boyle, L. N. (2019). "Systematic approach for the design of flight simulator studies." Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting. 63(1).

Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making: Lessons Learned from Urban Ridealongs

Dalla Chiara, G., Krutein, K. F., Ranjbari, A. & Goodchild, A. (2021). "Commercial Vehicle Driver Behaviors and Decision Making: Lessons Learned from Urban Ridealongs." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2675(9).

Evacuating isolated islands with marine resources: A Bowen Island case study

Krutein, K. F., McGowan, J. & Goodchild, A. (2022). "Evacuating isolated islands with marine resources: A Bowen Island case study." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 72(102865).

The isolated community evacuation problem with mixed integer programming

Krutein, K. F. & Goodchild, A. (2022). "The isolated community evacuation problem with mixed integer programming." Transportation Research Part E: Logistics & Transportation Review. 161(102710).

Robust and Rolling Horizon Optimization Approaches for Handling Uncertainty in the Isolated Community Evacuation Problem during Emergency Response

Krutein, K. F., Goodchild, A., & Boyle, L. N. (2022). "Robust and Rolling Horizon Optimization Approaches for Handling Uncertainty in the Isolated Community Evacuation Problem during Emergency Response." Under Review

How to Improve Urban Delivery Routes’ Efficiency Considering Cruising for Parking Delays

Krutein, K. F., Dalla Chiara, G., Dimitrov, T., & Goodchild, A.(2022). "How to Improve Urban Delivery Routes’ Efficiency Considering Cruising for Parking Delays." Available at SSRN

Providing curb availability information to delivery drivers reduces cruising for parking

Dalla Chiara, G., Krutein, K. F., Ranjabri, A., & Goodchild, A. (2022). "Providing curb availability information to delivery drivers reduces cruising for parking." Sci Rep 12 (19355)

A Meta-Heuristic Solution Approach to Isolated Evacuation Problems

Krutein, K. F., Goodchild, A., & Boyle, L. N. (2023). "A Meta-Heuristic Solution Approach to Isolated Evacuation Problems." 2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) 2002-2012.

Talks

Identifying Scenarios with High Pilot Workload

April 07, 2019

Talk at Annual JCATI Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA

Systematic approach for the design of flight simulator studies

October 30, 2019

Talk at Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, USA

An optimal evacuation plan for marine evacuation planning using stochastic mixed-integer programming

February 17, 2020

Talk at 3rd Workshop for Shipping Resilience: Strategic Planning for Coastal Community Resilience to Marine Transportation Risk (SIREN), Vancouver, BC, Canada