Summary
Halil Sen is an operations research specialist with 9 years of experience applying mathematical modeling, optimization and algorithm design to real-world problems in scheduling, last-mile logistics and energy markets. He has progressed from academic research and postdoc roles to technical leadership positions at Mapotempo and Equilibrium Energy, where he led asset optimization teams and managed BESS portfolios that generated multimillion-dollar revenue. Comfortable bridging research and product, he builds production-ready optimization frameworks and partners closely with cross-functional teams and external clients. His background includes a PhD and international research collaborations, reflecting deep theoretical grounding paired with pragmatic software development. Known on GitHub for a pragmatic "I like optimizing stuff" approach, he brings a curiosity-driven mindset to squeezing efficiency from complex systems.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Sabanci University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Bachelor of Science - BS at Yildiz Technical University
Turkish, English, French