Alex Wallar
Co-founder And CTO at The Routing Company
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlex Wallar is a founder-stage technology leader and CTO with 11 years of experience building algorithms and products that rethink urban mobility. After an MIT S.M. and PhD research stint in EECS focused on optimizing mobility-on-demand systems, he left academia to co-found The Routing Company, translating five years of lab research into a production platform that partners with cities to modernize public transit. His background spans robotics, swarm coordination and in-browser computer vision, bringing a rare blend of theoretical rigor and hands-on systems engineering to vehicle routing and fleet management. Based in Somerville, MA, he leads a team of MIT researchers and industry veterans to ship scalable, equitable transit solutions that have attracted mainstream coverage. Alex is passionate about transportation equity and actively hires engineers to join TRC, signaling a founder who still codes, recruits, and steers product strategy.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree Computer Science at University of St AndrewsSeoul American High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Withdrew Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Withdrew Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAmerican International School of BucharestHigh School International Baccalaureate and Advanced Diplomas, High School International Baccalaureate and Advanced Diplomas at George Mason High School
Github Skills (83)
python10
streamlit10
data-visualization10
developer-tools10
pcl10
integer-programming10
bokeh9
pandas9
integer9
deep-learning9
ros9
machine-learning9
data-science9
fastest9
data-analysis9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
wallarelvo/dotfiles
Mar 2015 - Jun 2020
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 4 months
a20r/rvo2
Oct 2015 - Jun 2016
Contributions:24 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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