Other Positions

Representative to the INFORMS Subdivisions Council Ariela Sofer (2005-2006)
John Chinneck (2007-2008)
Jonathan Eckstein (2009-2010)


Representative to the Practitioner and Practice Activities Committee

Ioannis (Yianni) Gamvros (2008-) igamvros@ilog.com

Sanjay

Brief bio:Ioannis Gamvros, PhD
ILOG Inc. Optimization consultant

Yianni Gamvros is currently working at ILOG Inc. as an optimization consultant. Before that he received his PhD in Management Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. His current work exposes him to a wide variety of OR problems, in diverse industries such as shipping, manufacturing, consumer products, transportation and telecommunications and functional areas like Supply Chain, Inventory and Revenue Management. He is actively involved in many aspects of OR practice such as the development of OR solutions as well as their delivery and sales.



Sanjay Saigal (2006-March 2008).

Sanjay is stepping down as the PPAC representative. His successor is Ioannis (Yianni) Gamvros. Many thanks to Sanjay for his service!

Sanjay

Brief bio: Sanjay Saigal, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Intechné

Sanjay Saigal currently runs Intechné, a consultancy he founded in 2007. Before that, in an eight-year tenure at ILOG Inc., he oversaw new technology development for supply chain management, ran ILOG's influential optimization consulting practice, globalized very profitable ILOG's telesales division, and successfully led a number of optimization projects. Previously, Saigal led the technology function for the software start-up Compass Modeling Solutions, acquired by ILOG in 1998. Before Compass, he was a staff consultant at Decision Focus Inc., a Silicon Valley OR consulting firm. In his 16 years in "real world" OR, Saigal has sampled all aspects of OR practice: research and development, sales and marketing, and delivery.


ICS Leading Edge Tutorials Coordinator Rob Dell (2006-)


ICS Sponsored Sessions Coordinator for the INFORMS Meeting

 John Chinneck (2005-2006)
Robin Lougee-Heimer (2007-2008)
Gilles Pesant (2008-2009)
Bob Vanderbei (2009-2010)


ICS Track Coordinator for INFORMS International Puerto Rico 2007 Jun Ma (2006-2007)