BEN PETERSON, PHD
benp84@gmail.com
Level 3 Communications
1025 Eldorado Blvd
Broomfield, CO 80021
profile
Conscientious professional with a passion for problem solving. Interested in finding profitable opportunities through intelligent logistics and strategic planning. Motivated by creative and practical ideas that add value to projects and businesses. Experienced with large-scale problems of scheduling, routing, and network optimization.
An independent thinker and worker; able to manage projects efficiently with minimal oversight. An excellent communicator; including presentations, technical writing, and explaining complex concepts. Performs well on feet and under pressure. A quick learner who adapts well to new environments.
employment
Senior Manager of Business Strategy, Level 3 Communications, 2010 - present
Design and solve optimization models for various business groups. Projects involve circuit routing, equipment placement, capacity planning, investment scheduling and network expansion design.
Instructor, Tepper School of Business, 2008
Taught “Production/Operations Management”: strategy, planning and operations management for manufacturing and services.
Teaching Assistant, Tepper School of Business, 2006-2009
Graded papers, presented recitations, and tutored students for ten MBA courses at Tepper:
- “Optimization and Decision Making” ('06, '07, '07, '08, '09), “Optimization in Finance” ('07, '07, '08)
- “Operations Research Techniques for Consultants” ('09), “Operations Management Project” with Amazon.com ('09)
education
PhD, MS, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 2010- Major: Industrial Administration: Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization. GPA: 3.73.
- Majors: Mathematics, Physics. Minors: Statistics, Chemisty. GPA: 3.80.
research
“A Benders Decomposition Method for Fixed-Charge Network Design”, 2010
Project supported by IBM to develop network design algorithm applying recent developments in Benders decomposition. Produced a major speed improvement over standard methods for certain classes of problems.
“An Algorithm for Scheduling Multiple Factory Cranes on a Common Track”, 2009
Consulting project with ABB group to develop a specialized algorithm for scheduling tasks and routing cranes in a factory with dynamic, interdependent movement constraints.
“B/S/H/ Optimizes Inbound Logistics”, 2008
Consulting project with Bosch-Siemens appliances to optimize inbound freight transportation for three factories in New Bern, NC. Developed robust MIP model to identify incremental changes with maximum cost reduction.
Computational Optics at 3M, 2004-2007
Designed mathematical optics model to simulate liquid crystal behavior in lieu of manual experiments. Used optimization techniques to design new liquid crystal films for LCD displays.