Founded in 1992, OptTek Systems, Inc. is an optimization software and services company employing state-of-the-art techniques such as Tabu Search and Evolutionary Scatter Search as well as methods of neural networks, linear, nonlinear and discrete programming. OptTek's software solutions are based on many years of research in the area of optimization, in which the OptTek founders are internationally recognized leaders. OptTek specializes in developing software for a variety of applications including process improvement, project portfolio management, supply chain management, strategic and financial planning, data security, human resources planning, and general decision-making under uncertainty. The innovations underlying our software have been featured in invited plenary lectures and tutorials by the OptTek principals at meetings of the leading optimization societies in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Pacific-Rim. OptTek is the leading provider of optimization software to the general simulation market. OptQuest®, the company's flagship software product, has been licensed to over 80,000 users and is the optimization standard for simulation modeling. Our alliance partners number over 20 and include HP, Oracle, IBM, Rockwell Software, Halliburton, BAH, Flextronics, Dassault, CACI, Serco, and Lockheed Martin.