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Optimization software · Switzerland

Optimization software
for complex operations.

We design and build production-ready systems for planning, scheduling, routing, pricing and resource allocation problems within real constraints, at scale, and with results teams can understand and trust.

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Prior engagements include

  • swissQuant

    Quantitative finance · risk-aware portfolios

  • Italmondo

    Logistics · production container loading

  • ALPIQ

    Energy trading · 900 MW pumped-storage

  • UNIL

    Higher education · bilingual programme scheduling

  • SBB CFF FFS

    SIMBA MOBi · activity-based forecasting

  • unki

    Travel tech · live itinerary engine

  • FOPH

    Public health · pandemic policy

Problems we solve

Better decisions, built into operations.

We turn high-stakes operational decisions into reliable software systems that work with your data, rules and teams.

Planning & scheduling

Coordinate demand, capacity, people, assets and time within every critical constraint.

Routing

Move goods, vehicles and services efficiently across complex networks.

Resource allocation

Put scarce capacity, capital and inventory where they create the most value.

Pricing & decision support

Evaluate scenarios and recommend defensible actions under uncertainty.

Selected work

Real problems and outcomes.

A selection of engagements across finance, energy, mobility, travel, and public health, each one a concrete decision made measurably better.

  1. +40%

    more risk-return efficient than the heuristic baseline on 33-asset MSCI World portfolios

    A Custom Portfolio Optimizer, Up to 40% More Risk-Return Efficient Than Standard Heuristics

    Partner

    swissQuant

    Field · Year

    Quantitative Finance · 2023

  2. €1M

    annual savings

    Truck Loading That Saves €1M and 1,000 t of CO₂ a Year

    Partner

    Italmondo · Supernova Hub

    Field · Year

    Logistics · Container Loading · 2024

  3. +€0.9M

    realized day-ahead profit added vs. deterministic baseline on 4 months of real cleared prices

    Day-Ahead Bidding That Adds €0.9M of Realized Profit on a 900 MW Pumped-Storage Plant

    Partner

    Alpiq

    Field · Year

    Energy Trading · 2024

How we work

From decision to deployed system.

We work in small, focused engagements with the people who own the problem. No oversized teams. No black boxes. The model, the code, and the validation tools are yours.

  1. 01

    Frame the decision

    Strip the problem to its essentials. What is being decided, what are the constraints, what would 'better' actually look like? Most of the value lives here.

  2. 02

    Model with care

    We pair mathematical optimization, MILP, constraint programming, simulation, heuristics, with machine learning and LLMs where they earn their place: forecasting inputs, generating explanations, or letting domain experts edit the rules. The model fits the problem, not the other way around.

  3. 03

    Ship a system that evolves

    An optimizer is only useful if it stays trusted. We deliver software that planners can interrogate ('why this plan?'), that adapts when rules change without rebuilding from scratch, and that comes with the algorithmic tests to catch drift before it reaches a decision. You leave with a system that doesn't decay the day we leave.

Company

Deep optimization expertise, direct senior involvement.

Optimally is an optimization software company based in Switzerland. Founded by operations research specialists, we combine mathematical optimization with modern software engineering to build systems used in day-to-day operations.

Mikele Gajda, PhD

Mikele Gajda, PhD

Co-founder

Optimization for logistics and transportation.

  • PhD in Operations Research, University of Lausanne
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering
  • Hybrid Metaheuristics · Reinforcement Learning · Container loading · Vehicle routing
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Tom Haering, PhD

Tom Haering, PhD

Co-founder

Large-scale choice-based optimization.

  • PhD in Operations Research, EPFL
  • M.Sc. in Mathematics
  • Continuous pricing · Discrete-choice demand · Activity-based modeling · Decomposition algorithms
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Get in touch

Have a decision worth getting right?

We'd like to hear about it. Short notes are welcome, tell us the problem and what 'better' would look like for you.

Book a 30-min call

Pick a time that works for you

Write to uscontact@optimally.ch

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