Alex Wallar
FounderFounder at The Routing Company
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
FoundedThe Routing Company
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About
Alex Wallar is co-founder and CTO of The Routing Company, which he co-founded with Menno van der Zee in 2019. He previously pursued a PhD in EECS at MIT, where he developed algorithms for optimizing mobility-on-demand systems, and holds a BS in computer science from the University of St Andrews.
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Experience
- The Routing CompanyCo-founder and CTOcurrent2018 — presentGreater Boston Area
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPhD Student2015 — 2019Cambridge, MA
- Research and Development, Amazon RoboticsGraduate Research Scientist Intern2016North Reading
- U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryResearcher2015Washington D.C. Metro Area
- U.S. Naval Research LaboratoryNREIP Research Intern2014Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Experimental Research in Wireless Networking Group, University of Notre DameNSF Research Intern2013Notre Dame, Indiana
- Computational Robotics Laboratory, The Catholic University of AmericaHigh School Research Assistant2012Washington D.C.
Skills & more
Craft Beer7Algorithms33Computer Science27Research23Swarm Intelligence7Mobile Robotics6Computer Vision9Distributed Systems7Haskell3Food6Machine Learning5Maple2
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Artificial IntelligenceProgrammingGoData AnalysisFront-end DevelopmentDeep LearningOptimizationSoftware DevelopmentNeural NetworksPythonJavaCLanguages English · Spanish
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- Who is Alex Wallar?
- Alex Wallar is co-founder and CTO of The Routing Company, which he co-founded with Menno van der Zee in 2019. He previously pursued a PhD in EECS at MIT, where he developed algorithms for optimizing mobility-on-demand systems, and holds a BS in computer science from the University of St Andrews.
- Where does Alex Wallar work?
- Alex Wallar is Founder of The Routing Company.
- What companies did Alex Wallar found?
- Alex Wallar founded The Routing Company.
- Where did Alex Wallar go to school?
- Alex Wallar studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Withdrew); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Master of Science (S.M.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science); University of St Andrews (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).
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