I would like to maximize the following function: \begin{align} f(x) = \sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-x}x^i}{i!}\left(\alpha+\frac{1}{\sqrt{i}}\right)(x_0-x), \end{align} with $\alpha\geq0$ and $0\leq x\leq x_0$.
Differentiating I get \begin{align} \alpha(e^{-x}(x_0-x+1)-1) + \sum_{i=1}^{\infty}\frac{e^{-x}x^{i-1}}{(i-1)!\sqrt{i}}\left(\left((x_0-x\left(1-\frac{1}{i}\right)\right)-1\right). \end{align} From there I don't now where to go. Note that I would still (though less) be happy with only a lower bound on $f(x)$ as long as it is of the form $\alpha x_0 - g(x_0)$ with $g(x_0) = o(x_0)$.
A closed form for the minimum escapes me; however, it might be useful to notice that \begin{aligned} \alpha(1-e^{-x})(x_0-x)\leq f(x)\leq (1+\alpha)(1-e^{-x})(x_0-x) \end{aligned} $0\leq x\leq x_0$. The maximum of the end functions is attain at a common point $0<x^*<x_0$.