Irv leads our development of custom optimization software. An internationally recognized leader in operations research and advanced analytics, Irv joined Princeton Consultants from IBM Research, where he cultivated state-of-the-art approaches for the next generation of optimization/business integration. Irv received Sc.B. and Sc.M. degrees in Applied Mathematics/Computer Science from Brown University and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford University, where he studied under George Dantzig, a founder of linear programming. Irv He has authored more than 30 articles and scientific papers and has received the Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize for excellence in computational mathematical programming. Irv is a longtime active member of INFORMS and a Certified Analytics Professional.