Before reaching the current state, I have been diversifying my experiences between research and business.

Research Experience

1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
Visiting Scholar (Full-Time), 2024 - Present

• Advisors: Prof. Roel Leus
• Research Areas: Operations Research, Re-optimization, Benders Decomposition, Improved Primal Simplex, Large-Scale Optimization
• Applications: Transportation, Facility Location, Mining, Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Collaborations with OCP Group and UM6P
• Location: Leuven, Belgium

2. Griffith University (Griff)
Visiting Scholar (Full-Time), 2023

• Advisors: Prof. Yong Wu
• Research Areas: Operations Research, Re-optimization, Resilience, Supply Chain Management, Machine Learning for Operations Research
• Applications: Mining, Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Collaborations with OCP Group and UM6P
• Location: Gold Coast, Australia

3. Groupe d’études et de recherche en analyse des décisions (Gerad)
Research Assistant (Full-Time), 2020 - Present

• Advisors: Profs. El Hallaoui Issmaïl & Soumis François
• Research Areas: Operations Research, Large-Scale Optimization, Decompositions, Metaheuristics, Solvers, Data Science, Machine Learning for Operations Research
• Applications: Airline, Mining, Transportation, Operations and Supply Chain Management
• Collaborations with OCP Group, UM6P, Laminaar, and IVADO
• Location: Montreal, Canada

4. International University of Japan
Research Project (Full-Time), 2018 - 2019

• Advisor: Prof. Li Wenkai
• Research Areas: Operations Research, Transportation, Electric Vehicles
• Collaboration with Fostergy Technologies Inc.
• Location: Niigata, Japan

Business Experience

1. Hydro Québec
Operations Research Consultant (Part-Time), 2023 - 2024

• Tackling Hydro-Québec’s specific Unit Commitment Problem (UCP) using efficient large-scale optimization algorithms
• Collaborating closely with researchers from the Hydro-Québec Research Institute (IREQ)
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Location: Varennes, Canada

2. Fostergy Technologies Inc.
Operations Researcher & Data Scientist (Part-Time), 2017 - 2019

• Designing efficient and effective selection of the appropriate electric vehicle components and prediction of its behavior over different kinds of routes/duty cycles and over a huge number of parameters’ choices
• Enhancing user’s simulation capability and reducing development time many folds
• Industry: Electric Vehicles
• Location: Niigata, Japan

3. ProQuest Japan
Systems Engineering Intern (Part-Time), Fall 2018

• Promoting of the on-line ProQuest’s product training
• Planning, designing, and implementing the use of databases and the conduct of research within IUJ Library
• Industry: Information & Data Provision
• Location: Yokohama, Japan

4. Japan Space Systems
Remote Sensing and GIS Intern (Full-Time), September 2018

• Tackling global issues as well as sustainable development using remote sensing and GIS data utilization skills in developing countries
• Practical application to water shortage, natural disasters, etc.
• Industry: Space
• Location: Tokyo, Japan

5. Induproj
Quality & Safety Manager (Full-Time), 2016 - 2017

• Leading quality management through the international standard ISO 9001, quality control of the work done on the construction sites, and quality assurance into which I was dealing with customers’ requirements and seeking their satisfaction
• Leading safety management through the standard OHSAS 18001 and safety control of all the work done on the construction sites. Achieved the main safety KPI of 0 accident
• Industry: Industrial Assembly & Construction
• Location: El Jadida, Morocco

6. Bombardier
Operations Management Intern (Full-Time), Spring 2016

• Designing and implementing an Automated Production System (APS) for assembly lines monitoring
• Introducing Data mining for knowledge extraction
• Industry: Aerospace
• Location: Casablanca, Morocco

7. Managem Group
Industrial Challenge (Full-Time), Summer 2015

• Modeling and Simulating the Silver Treatment Plant at SMI
• Mapping of Ag rocks flows at SMI
• Industry: Mining
• Location: Tinghir, Morocco

8. Société Nouvelles de Volailles

Industrial Challenge (Full-Time), Summer 2015

• Motion and time study within the factory
• Programming an application for company’s KPI monitoring
• Industry: Agri-food
• Location: Temara, Morocco

9. Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion

Project Management Internship (Part-Time), Winter 2015

• Study and Comprehension of international projects management references such as PMBOK and Prince2
• Analysis of a strategic PMO within CDG based on international projects management standards
• Industry: Finance
• Location: Rabat, Morocco

10. Sogea-Satom
Operator Internship (Full-Time), Summer 2014

• Working as an Operator in a Sheet-metal Workshop.
• Implementation of a 5S tools in the plant SBK.
• Industry: Construction
• Location: Kenitra, Morocco