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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Software and Logistics |
| Founded | 2000 (as Innovative Scheduling, Inc.) Gainesville, Florida |
| Founder | Ravindra K. Ahuja |
| Headquarters | Dallas, TX, USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
Number of employees | 275 (2018) |
| Subsidiaries | Bangalore IN, Yerevan AM, Perth AU |
| Website | www.Optym.com |
Optym is a privately held company founded in 2000 by Dr. Ravindra K. Ahuja as Innovative Scheduling, Inc.[1][2] The company headquarters is situated on 10 acres in Dallas, Texas, and additional offices are located in Yerevan, Armenia; Bangalore, India; and Perth, Australia.[1][2][3]
Optym provides transportation software [4] and specializes in the optimization, simulation and analytics of transportation and logistics for railroad, trucking, airline and mining industries.[5][2][6] [7][8]
Optym was founded by researcher and academician Dr. Ravindra K. Ahuja in 2000 as Innovative Scheduling, Inc., which rebranded as Optym in 2014.[1]
Between 2004 and 2015, Optym was located at the Gainesville Technology Entrepreneurship Center (GTEC), a Santa Fe College-led business incubator.[3] In 2015, the company moved its facility to the three-building Hillside Office Park off Tower Road [9] in order to foster rapid expansion and hiring.
- ^ a b c Anthony Clark (April 18, 2016). "Gainesville company Optym to host logistics conference". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b c "New network scheduling solutions from Amadeus and Optym could see airlines unlock millions of dollars". November 3, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ a b "Optym announces corporate headquarters expansion". September 6, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "Southwest Airlines deploys Optym's SkyMAX software". May 21, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "Transportation leaders converge to make the world more efficient". April 19, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ Krishna C. Jha (2016). "Decision Automation Opportunities in Railroads" (PDF). INFORMS Railway Applications Section. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ "Optym to develop DriverMAX with Greyhound Lines". May 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
- ^ Daniel Smithson (August 28, 2017). "Optym announces campus expansion, plans for new employees". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
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