the idea of connected transport first came to mirek in 2011. to realize his vision, he teamed up with david duan and co-founded otms. otms enables highly automated connections between manufacturers, retailers, transporters, and drivers while a completely digitalized logistics ecosystem helps the company stay competitive in the transport business. mirek, who has worked at global leading logistics companies for over 18 years, first entered the industry as a management trainee at maersk (china) in 2000 and subsequently worked in various positions as part of a job rotation program. in 2004, he joined dhl, where he built his own sales and business teams and served as vice president of greater china. in 2008, mirek left dhl to join dsv, one of europe’s leading freight service providers, where he went on to serve as general manager at dsv china. under his leadership, dsv’s warehouse business continued growing through late 2012, the freight transport business was expanded into 12 cities and included 150 employees, and dsv saw its revenue triple.