Oliver Lum
Distinguished Engineer Scientist at Flock Freight
Solana Beach, California, United States
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Top SchoolOliver Lum is a Distinguished Engineer and scientist with 12 years of experience applying advanced mathematics and algorithms to real-world logistics problems, currently leading algorithmic innovation at Flock Freight. He has built and scaled interdisciplinary teams and production systems that drove pooling rates from single digits to over 95%, expanded deployed models tenfold, and accommodated 50x load growth while holding a PhD in Computational and Applied Mathematics. Previously a DARPA staff scientist managing diverse, high-budget R&D portfolios, he combines research rigor with product-minded operationalization to move inventions into production. Based in Solana Beach, CA, he is known for tackling problems at the boundaries of disciplines—bringing together operations research, experimentation under global interference, and large-scale optimization to reduce waste and cost in freight transport.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
High School English Language and Literature / History (APEX Magnet Program), High School English Language and Literature / History (APEX Magnet Program) at Walter Johnson High SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational and Applied Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computational and Applied Mathematics at University of Maryland
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Github contributions (2)
Olibear/ArcRoutingLibrary
Aug 2013 - Feb 2019
A collection of problem abstractions and solver implementations for arc-routing problems
Contributions:1 release, 167 commits, 2 pushes in 5 years 7 months
implementationsproblemssolverroutingproblem
Olibear/OARBench
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:1 release, 6 commits, 4 pushes in 1 day
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