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Thank You for Joining Us at Gurobi Connect Atlanta!

Our Gurobi Connect event in Atlanta took place on May 1, 2025, and we were thrilled to host professionals from across industries for a day of insightful presentations, real-world optimization success stories, and engaging conversation. Special thanks to our speakers Simon Chow from Aimpoint Digital and Jue Xue from Gurobi for sharing their expertise.

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Meet the Experts

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Dr. Jue Xue

Technical Account Manager – Americas
Gurobi Optimization

Dr. Jue Xue

Technical Account Manager – Americas
Gurobi Optimization

Dr. Xue is an accomplished professional with diverse and extensive experience. He received a PhD in operations research from Carnegie Mellon University. Upon graduation, he started teaching and research career as a professor at universities across continents. Later on, he moved into industry with IBM Global Services and IBM Software Group. He has spent 20 years at IBM as a consultant, senior solution architect, and managing data scientist. Before joining Gurobi, as a director of data science at AstraZeneca, he introduced and productionized decision optimization in clinical trial practice. His real world experience consists of numerous projects across various industries and government agencies, ranging from new business opportunity identification; vision, strategy and road map creation; innovative solution design and architect; team creation and building; solution delivery, and user enablement. He enjoys collaborating with clients and helping them to success. He is passionate in identifying and bridging decision problems with innovative solutions. He enjoys traveling, hiking, gardening, learning, and spending time with family and friends.

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Simon Chow

Principal Data Scientist
Aimpoint Digital

Simon Chow

Principal Data Scientist
Aimpoint Digital

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Sascha Haake

Senior Enterprise Account Director
Gurobi Optimization

Sascha Haake

Senior Enterprise Account Director
Gurobi Optimization

Sascha earned his Bachelor in Business Marketing with focus on European Economics in Germany. He has 20+ years of experience across sales, business development and product marketing  – with the vast majority  focused in the high tech and SaaS solutions space. Prior to Gurobi, Sascha was responsible for driving the net new business for Oracle SaaS across Europe - where he developed the sales organization from scratch. Before, Sascha held several senior executive roles in Hewlett Packard Enterprise across multiple regions, responsible for Sales and Category management with the main focus of incremental business, revenue streams and margin. This journey took him from Germany to Dubai UAE,  Singapore and Amsterdam.

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Dan Beran

Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

Dan Beran

Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

As part of the Hunter Team, Mr. Beran is responsible for helping Gurobi develop relationships with customers across a variety of industries. Mr. Beran has over 10 years of B2B sales and business development experience working for companies such as Wells Fargo, Certify Travel & Expense, and Dassault Systemes. Mr. Beran earned recognition at both software companies he worked for, Certify Travel & Expense and Dassault Systemes, for sales performance and ability to effectively execute an account-based marketing strategy. Mr. Beran holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Management & Policy from the University of Arizona.

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Kevin O'Connor

Senior Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

Kevin O'Connor

Senior Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

Kevin has a degree in Finance and Commercial Law from Western Michigan University where he was a full scholarship hockey player. He brings 8+ years of sales and account management experience primarily in the software industry. He started his sales career at CDW, winning rookie of the year for his sales vertical in 2012 and being a consistent performer. Since CDW Kevin spent time selling software solutions at Careerbuilder before moving into the software analytics space with Minitab Statistical Software. At Minitab, he covered multiple geographic territories and managed all aspects of the existing customer’s sales cycle to ensure a high level of renewal retention and expansion. In his free time, Kevin is an avid golfer, ingrained in him from his time spent at the Golf Academy of America where he graduated with an Associate's degree. Besides golfing when possible he is passionate about his Detroit sports teams, Real Madrid football, and enjoys travelling.

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Amandine Michalski

Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

Amandine Michalski

Account Manager
Gurobi Optimization

Amandine is a French native, she has a Bachelor's degree in Finance and International Business from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei and a Master's degree in Global Marketing Management from The University of Sheffield in the UK. She brings international marketing and business development experience in industrial and consumer goods in Europe and Asia. Social responsibility is a huge passion of hers and she is committed to making a positive impact on the community. As a trilingual French/English/Chinese speaker, she has gone on several volunteer missions in Asia and South America. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two kids, riding horses, investing in real estate, and traveling to see the world.

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