Samer Takriti is a
Syrian management scientist. He received his Ph.D. in
Operations Research
Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve dec ...
from the
University of Michigan
, mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth"
, former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821)
, budget = $10.3 billion (2021)
, endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...
. An expert in energy markets, he worked for
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. It was founded by Kenneth Lay in 1985 as a merger between Lay's Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth, both relatively small regional compani ...
in 1999-2000. He has also been a senior manager in the Mathematical Sciences Department at
IBM Research
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. The initiatives of this department were reported on in a ''
BusinessWeek
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'' cover story. The story has received substantial media coverage; another paper Takriti contributed to on the impact of
outsourcing has also received some media attention.
References
# ''BusinessWeek'' — "Math will rock your world", January 23, 2006
External links
Math will Rock Your World (BusinessWeek)*
ttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684839008 The Engines of Tomorrow, by R. Buderi(describes research on energy modeling done by S.T. at IBM Research).
Living people
University of Michigan alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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