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Three Experts, One Vision: The Trio Finally Making Logistics Fit for the Future with Shipsta
It was 2015 when Christian Wilhelm, SHIPSTA founder and CEO, asked himself why the wave of digitisation seemed to have bypassed a large part of the logistics industry. At the time, he was working in global purchasing for Kühne + Nagel, the world’s biggest sea freight forwarders, so was responsible for procurement. “Instead of using the advantages of modern technology, which would save time and money, up to 25 service providers were invited to submit big tenders and then assessed,” recalls Wilhelm, who has more than eight years of experience at Kühne + Nagel. “Finding the best freight rates was a highly complex, tedious and manual process, where even a small mistake could have had disastrous consequences.” The Birth of an Idea: More Digitisation in Logistics As a first step, he brought Stefan Maratzki on board his newly established company CLEAR LOGISTICS as Chief Technology Officer. The IT specialist, who had previously worked at Steria, Europe’s market leader in digital transformation, at Bravura as a software developer, and had been the managing director of Agilis Nova Enterprise Solutions between 2009 and 2017, worked as a consultant at Kühne + Nagel for over four years. And that’s where the two met. As a founding member and CTO of CLEAR LOGISTICS, Maratzki has been responsible for all technical issues from day one. The third in the pack is Oliver Ritzmann, Business Manager and co-founder of CLEAR LOGISTICS. The experienced logistics specialist has twelve successful years of experience working in many roles at international logistics company Bertling, from business development manager to regional CCO. He also has experience at the medical and safety technology manufacturer Dräger, where he worked for three years as a procurement and process manager. And just like Wilhelm and Maratzki, he has also previously worked at Kühne + Nagel for several years, where the trio came together. He has been Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of CLEAR LOGISTICS since 2017. A Product Perfectly Tailored though Many Years of Procurement Expertise SHIPSTA also managed to secure millions in funding from RTP Global Investments and Mangrove Capital Partners in 2019. The two renowned venture capitalist companies have already invested in technology companies as successful as Skype and Delivery Hero – further proof of the immense demand in the logistics industry for digital solutions that SHIPSTA has been supplying for four years now. About SHIPSTA Press contact: End of Media Release Issuer: SHIPSTA Key word(s): Traffic
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