Rafael Velasquez

Director Optimization and Integration
INFORM

Rafael Velasquez is Director Optimization and Integration at INFORM’s Terminal & Distribution Center Logistics Division. He has worked in optimization projects over the last 17 years within the Research and IT sector. He joined INFORM in 2008 with a focus on advancing optimization solutions in the container terminal industry in which time he has headed multiple notable international projects with customers such as GCT, DP World, and TraPac. He is a frequent specialist speaker at industrial and academic conferences where he promotes the real-world opportunities that Operations Research and AI open. Rafael holds a PhD in Mathematical Optimization from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and is known for daily rolling the dice in a game of Backgammon.