James Marca is a founding member of Activimetrics. He has over 25 years of experience in applying research to solve real-world optimization challenges. His past work for clients includes demand-responsive transit; workforce scheduling; optimizing pickup and delivery problems with time windows and personnel constraints; as well as many small jobs helping customers translating the real world into computer code. These days he primarily uses Google’s OR Tools, and is an active participant on the OR Tools Forum and GitHub discussions pages.

Craig Rindt is a founding member of Activimetrics. He has a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering for his work in travel behavior modeling and transportation systems management using intelligent transportation systems technology. His recent research has emphasized the use of advanced communications and ubiquitous computing technology for improving transportation system performance.