Optym

Optym
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware and Logistics
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
(as Innovative Scheduling, Inc.)
Gainesville, Florida
FounderRavindra K. Ahuja
HeadquartersDallas, TX, USA
Area served
Worldwide
Number of employees
275 (2018)
SubsidiariesBangalore IN, Yerevan AM, Perth AU
Websitehttps://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 academic 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.

  1. ^ a b c Anthony Clark (April 18, 2016). "Gainesville company Optym to host logistics conference". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "New network scheduling solutions from Amadeus and Optym could see airlines unlock millions of dollars" (Press release). November 3, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Optym announces corporate headquarters expansion" (Press release). September 6, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "Southwest Airlines deploys Optym's SkyMAX software" (Press release). May 21, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  5. ^ "Transportation leaders converge to make the world more efficient" (Press release). April 19, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Krishna C. Jha (2016). "Decision Automation Opportunities in Railroads" (PDF). INFORMS Railway Applications Section. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  7. ^ "Optym to develop DriverMAX with Greyhound Lines" (Press release). May 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Daniel Smithson (August 28, 2017). "Optym announces campus expansion, plans for new employees". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference gainesville5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).