Summary
Xavier Nodet is a senior product leader and optimization expert with 25 years of experience building and shipping decision-optimization software, currently leading the Gurobi Optimizer product roadmap. He combines deep technical roots—years managing CPLEX development and optimization engines—with product strategy, cross-functional delivery, and customer advocacy across cloud and enterprise platforms. Known for driving significant performance gains and restoring market leadership at scale, he excels at translating solver research into reliable, multi-platform products. Based in the Greater Nice area, he pairs hands-on engineering credibility with program and development management across distributed teams. A mathematician by training, he often bridges advanced operations research techniques with pragmatic product decisions that accelerate customer onboarding. Colleagues describe him as the pragmatic interface between researchers, developers and users, ensuring engineers can focus on code while stakeholders get measurable value.
24 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Maîtrise, Mass - Mathématiques Appliquées aux Sciences Sociales, Maîtrise, Mass - Mathématiques Appliquées aux Sciences Sociales at Institut de Mathématiques Appliquées - IMA
Postgraduate, Computer Science and Operations Research, Postgraduate, Computer Science and Operations Research at Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
French, English