Ankur Jain

Current

Senior Analyst at Enterprise Optimization, United Airlines

Past

Research Assistant at Purdue University

Education

Purdue University
Purdue University
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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Connections

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Industry

Airlines/Aviation

Ankur Jain’s Summary

Experience and interest in application of exceptional analytical skills and optimization & statistical techniques in decision making.

Ankur Jain’s Specialties:

Optimization: OPL, CPLEX, GAMS, Matlab
Statistics: SAS, Enterprise Miner, Minitab
Simulation: Automod, Arena
Data Processing: SQL, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel 2007 & 2003
Programming: Java, C++, Fortran 90, LISP, Prolog, OWL
Others: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Visio

Ankur Jain’s Experience

Senior Analyst

Enterprise Optimization, United Airlines

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Airlines/Aviation industry)

June 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

Developing optimization & statistical models, and performing data analysis for high value projects in the area of sales, marketing, customer experience and airport operations.

Designed and developed:
o Predictive models to identify high value customers for targeted marketing
o Analytical model to quantify value of customer satisfaction
o Optimization based decision support tool to design shifts for manpower at airports
o Optimization/simulation model to evaluate performance of gates at airports
Research Assistant

Purdue University

(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

August 2002 — May 2007 (4 years 10 months)

Application of Optimization and Informatics to Develop an Integrated Decision Support System for Pharmaceutical Product Development

Ankur Jain’s Education

Purdue University

Ph.D . , 2007

Six publications & several conference presentations;
Best Paper of 2006, Computers & Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies:

President, INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Purdue University Student Chapter;
Senator, Purdue Graduate Student Government;
Co-founder & Fundraising Coordinator, Asha for Education - Purdue Chapter;
Treasurer, Indian Classical Music Association of Purdue
Purdue University

M.S. , Industrial Engineering , 2007

Extensive coursework in optimization
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

B.Tech. , Chemical Engineering , 1998 — 2002

Additional Information

Ankur Jain’s Interests:

Puzzles, Volunteer Activities

Ankur Jain’s Groups:

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (AGIFORS), Asha for Education, IIT Bombay