Franco Peschiera
Co-Founder at baobab soluciones
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolFranco Peschiera is a co-founder and operations-research-trained technologist with 12 years of experience building profitable tech businesses and production-ready decision-support systems. Based in Rome, he led the design and deployment of a large-scale planning tool for the World Food Programme that combined sourcing and delivery for ~400,000 MT of food, implemented graph algorithms and mathematical models, and secured over $300k in funding. He blends hands-on backend engineering—contributing CP solver integration (CHOCO) to the popular PuLP Python LP library—with product leadership across startups like baobab soluciones and HackPacking. Franco’s PhD work and industrial engineering background give him a rare mix of rigorous mathematical thinking and practical delivery, enabling teams to adopt advanced planning processes at scale.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Industrial Engineering, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Industrial Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de MadridEngineer's degree, Industrial Engineering, Engineer's degree, Industrial Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Operations Research at ISAE-SUPAERO
Spanish, English, French, Italian
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Github Skills (10)
linear-programming10
constraint-programming10
python10
mips9
testing9
cplex8
mathematical-optimization6
constraint6
pulp6
optimization6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
coin-or/pulp
Aug 2019 - Nov 2022
A python Linear Programming API
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:10 releases, 71 reviews, 123 commits in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Franco implemented a new constraint programming (CP) solver, CHOCO, into the PuLP library, integrating it as a new solver option for linear programming problems. This involved adding CHOCO solver integration, configuring the path, adapting it to pass existing tests, and updating the model to correctly pass maximize and other parameters. Furthermore, the user added information on CPLEX return status and updated the CHOCO solver to work in windows.
pulpapipythonsolverlinear
pchtsp/orloge
Dec 2018 - Sep 2021
log parser for MIP and LP solvers
Contributions:49 commits, 6 PRs, 49 pushes in 2 years 9 months
parserssolverslibphonenumberlog-parserparser
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