Alejandra Peña-Ordieres

Alejandra Peña-Ordieres is a Senior Software Engineer at MathWorks, specializing in designing and implementing algorithms for portfolio optimization and large-scale portfolio problem-solving since July 2020. Prior experience includes roles as a Graduate Research Assistant at Northwestern University, working on optimization algorithms and teaching industrial engineering courses, as well as a Research Aide at Argonne National Laboratory, where an algorithm for chance-constrained optimal power flow was developed. Alejandra also served as a Lecturer and Research Assistant at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and held a position as a Market Analyst at Las Quince Letras. Academic credentials include a PhD and an MS in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University, and a BS in Applied Mathematics from Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.