Vladlena Powers
Senior Applied Scientist at Amazon
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolVladlena Powers is a Senior Applied Scientist with 11 years of research and 5 years of industry experience applying optimization, mathematical programming, and predictive modeling to large-scale operational problems. She holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Columbia and has published in top conferences and journals while securing NSF funding. At Lowe’s she led end-to-end space planning and optimization deployments and now drives applied science initiatives at Amazon, translating complex models into production solutions. Her background spans academia, finance, and industry—building everything from automated 3D capture tech to credit risk models—so she combines rigorous theoretical foundations with a pragmatic, stakeholder-focused approach to product adoption.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of GeorgiaBachelor's Degree Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree Mathematics at Dnipropetrovsk National UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Industrial Engineering and Operations Reseach, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Industrial Engineering and Operations Reseach at Columbia University
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Github Skills (4)
cvx8
matlab4
splines4
approximation3
Github contributions (5)
NickPowers43/SchedulingProject
Aug 2016 - Feb 2020
Contributions:5 pushes in 3 years 6 months
VladlenaPowers/PopularMatchings
Jan 2017 - Aug 2019
Contributions:46 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 8 months
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