Speakers

Arbet Marian | Director of the Private and Infrastructure sections, ICZ a.s.

After graduating from the University of West Bohemia with a specialization in Software Systems in 1995, he began his career at AGC a.s. as an operating systems specialist for Škoda a.s. The career turning point occurred in 1999, when he joined ICZ, a.s. As part of his journey, which led through the management of international projects in the field of infrastructure, he gradually worked his way up within the group and now manages the Private and Infrastructure sections at ICZ.  Here he uses the rich experience he has gained over the years. He connects the world of logistics and banking systems with the world of infrastructure, coordinates, helps and gives direction to his teams to achieve the desired results while maintaining current technological trends. If he himself had to highlight the project that gave him the most in his life, it would be the project for Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech, which lasted 1.5 years. In the role of the main IT infrastructure project manager, together with a 30-member international team, he built a complete infrastructure for a production plant with a capacity of 1,000 cars per day on a green field.

Barbaličová Jitka | Business Development Director / Dun&Bradstreet

Jitka Barbaličová works as Business Development Director in the company Dun & Bradstreet, where he uses more than 15 years of business experience in the field of IT and the supply of technology solutions for large industrial, logistics and trading companies. In her career, she held commercial and managerial positions in the international companies DELL Computer and IBM, where she was dedicated to building and developing business relationships with key customers and managing supplier contracts. Her expertise lies in connecting technology solutions with business needs, helping organizations optimize their operations and make informed decisions.

Botka Marek | Chief Strategy Officer, LogEx Logistics

Marek Botka is the strategic director of LogEx Logistics, he graduated from several schools and completed his management education at the University of Prague with an MBA degree. His passion is marketing and development strategy. After completing his studies, he worked in trade, pharmacy and then transport in various managerial positions. He has been working at LogEx Logistics since 2010 and already at the beginning of his work he gave the idea to the original software solution that the company is currently working on. He is now implementing his knowledge gained in trade, construction and transport into the brand's pro-growth policy, thanks to which the local company LogEx Logistics has become an important Czech player that offers its customers comprehensive logistics service and solutions.

Bubeníková Ivana | CEO, ROHLIG SUUS Logistics

He has been working in the field of international transport for 20 years, of which he has been working in a marketing position for ROHLIG SUUS Logistics for the 4th year. During her practice, she focused mainly on building trustworthy relationships with clients, suppliers and supporting institutions. For road transport, she was in charge of project customers, pricing, setting SOPs, receivables. The experience also includes teaching internal training courses and, among other things, publishing activities.

Cyga Krzysztof | Sales Manager Central Eastern Europe, Samskip

Krzysztof Cyga is a self-contained manager with 20 years of experience within worldwide logistics service providers. Highly focused on targets, relationships and teamworking. Always able to delve deeper to find the proper solution. Successful at managing of Key Accounts with annual turnover of 2-9 M of EUR in road transportation. Driven by: development, new challenges, working with people and bright outlook.

Devečka Pavel | Technical Advisor, PYRONOVA

Pavel Devečka is a qualified civil engineer with 20 years of experience in the field of active fire protection. He started as a designer of stable fire-fighting equipment and over the years worked his way up to the position of technical director of an international company. He worked as the director of development and education for three years. He now applies the acquired theoretical and practical experience in the field of fire protection as a technical consultant and helps customers create sophisticated technical solutions tailored to their needs.

Dočkalík Vojtěch | Branch Director Hradec Králové, LogEx Logistics

Vojtěch has been working at LogEx Logistics since 2015. After studying at a school focused on informatics and economics, he joined the company as a dispatcher. After about 3 years, he became the head of the control room. After 9 years in the company, he started to participate in strategy, development and management as the operational director of the LogEx Logistics brand. His goal is to bring the company to global awareness, constantly expanding services and quality to current and future customers.

Fireš Michal | Field Engineer, Hoval

Michal Fireš studied Environmentally Advanced Buildings at the BUT Faculty of Civil Engineering in Brno. After graduating from university, he worked in construction practice, when he led the department of implementation of technical building equipment with a focus on air-conditioning systems, heating and cooling of buildings in the Brno-based company Enlytech s.r.o. Since 2023, he has been working at Hoval spol. s.r.o. in the position of Field Engineer, where he deals with technical designs of Hoval air-conditioning systems and provides technical support within the Czech Republic.

Franer Ján | Continuous Improvement Manager, RKL Opava

Ján Franer has been working in the field of logistics for fifteen years. He started his journey as a warehouse operator in Opava. Subsequently, he transferred to the company RKL Opava, where he continued to work as a warehouse operator. In 2021, he slowly moved to his current position, where he devoted himself to the optimization of software processes in the warehouse. The areas of transport and collection services in the company were gradually added to this scope. Currently, he is dedicated to the overall optimization, digitization and automation of company processes not only in logistics, but also in transport. It tries to link logistics and transport into a complex whole with the help of modern information technologies and procedures in accordance with the specific requirements of customers. At the same time, he is dedicated to the modernization and digitization of individual sections of the company, in order to achieve simplicity and transparency of data.

Gescheidt Patrik | Head of Intralogistics Linde Material Handling Czech Republic

Hynková Naděžda | Business Development Manager CZ&SK, ZF Group Commercial Vehicle Solutions, Transics International BV

Naďa joined ZF CVS (Commercial Vehicle Solutions, Transics International BV) in autumn 2021 and she is responsible for the sale of ZF/Transics brand products and services in the Czech Republic/SK. For almost 20 years, she worked at CCS Czech company for payment cards, s.r.o. (Fleetcor division) where she worked in several business positions, including managerial ones, and thus gained key experience in the field of fuel cards, telematics, tolls and management of the KAM and Acquisitions department. She participated in the expansion of services and products, including the launch of partner cooperation in the field of top-up cards and employee programs. She also has a year of experience in the health sector, where she represented the private clinic Iscara.

Janatová Zuzana | Business Development Manager Hydrogen for Mobility, CZ, SK & HU, AIR PRODUCTS

Zuzana is a passionate professional with experience in sales and marketing and an interest in a wide range of topics related to sustainability. He is an integral part of a community of experts dedicated to building the nation's hydrogen infrastructure using Air Products' innovative solutions for hydrogen mobility and the energy transition. "Hydrogen is one of the fastest growing segments and, as a clean energy, is of great importance in the process of transitioning not only industrial production towards sustainability".

Jirsák Petr | University of Economics, Prague

Ing. Petr Jirsák, Ph.D., graduated from the Faculty of Business Administration of the University of Economics in Prague with specialisation in business economics and management and secondary specialisation in logistics – international transport and forwarding. He is a co-author of several books and many expert articles in professional journals/popular magazines and scientific journals. Aside from being a speaker on international conferences he teaches at the University of Economics and at Jönköping International Business School, Sweden. He combines his scientific, research and teaching activities with consultancy in the field of supply chain management, while focusing mainly on demand prediction, material planning, warehousing, distribution strategies and, last but not least, on supply chain automation and digitalisation.

Kačírková Kateřina | Sales Manager, MD logistika

Kateřina Kačírková works at MD logistika as a sales manager. She is involved mainly in communication with existing and prospect clients, and she is in charge of negotiation of transport, warehousing and valued added services contracts. She joined the company in 2009; before that she worked for several logistic and retail companies in the field of food products sales and distribution (Findus CR a.s., Teekanne s.r.o., Transkam spol.s.r.o.).

 

Kodada Jan | Director of Sales and Marketing, Gebrüder Weiss Czech Republic

In 2007, he completed his master's degree at the Czech Technical University in Prague at the Faculty of Transport. Six years later, he successfully completed his doctoral studies at the same university and faculty. He has been in the field of logistics for more than 25 years. He worked in various management positions at MTC and Lagermax. Currently, he has been working at Gebrüder Weiss for 15 years, currently as a procurator, director of business and marketing of Gebrüder Weiss Czech Republic.

Kos Tadeáš | Operations Director CZ & SK, FM LOGISTIC CE

Tadeáš Kos has been active in the field of international logistics for almost twenty years. After experience with the family business and several years as F&B Manager in Manchester, he joined Dachser Czech Republic in 2006. After several international trainings, he graduated as a certified logistics manager from the Dachser Logistic Academy in Kempten and Cologne. Subsequently, he took up the position of head of the branch in Břeclav, later he also became a director of Dachser s.r.o. , where he managed several branches of contract logistics in the Czech Republic. During this time, he was also personally involved in or managed many national and international projects (e.g. in China, France, Germany, Slovakia or England). During the Covid-19 pandemic, he worked at ALZA SK as an operational manager of logistics locations in Slovakia and at VCHD Cargo, where he managed several projects abroad (Denmark, Germany, Italy). Since 2022, he has been working at FM Logistic Central Europe in the position of Operations Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia with responsibility for managing warehouse and transport activities on 4 logistics platforms with a total of 1,200 employees.

Krybus Roland | Principal Consultant, Miebach Consulting

Roland Krybus works as a Principal Consultant in the Eastern European branch of the German consulting and design company Miebach Consulting. He specializes in the conceptual and detailed design of Distribution Centers, overseeing implementations across various industries, including automotive, spare parts, FMCG, production, and fashion. With 12 years of experience at Miebach, Roland has successfully led projects in Europe (Germany, Czech Republic, Great Britain, Italy, Poland) and the Middle East (Dubai, Saudi Arabia).

Martínek Stanislav | Supply Chain Manager, Nestlé

Stanislav Martínek has worked for many years in managerial positions in the field of Supply Chain at Nestlé Česko. During his career, he gained a lot of experience in Supply Chain Management - from purchasing, planning, customer service to physical logistics. In the last period, he coordinates Nestlé logistics at the level of the entire CEE with a focus on optimization of the distribution network, management of logistics service suppliers, standardization and simplification of logistics processes. Within this area, he also works with his team on projects focused on sustainability and reducing carbon emissions. During his career, he participated in a number of major changes (change management) - both internally (integration within Nestlé, changes to the information system, organizational changes) and externally (optimal selection of a logistics partner, distribution center location strategy). He graduated from CTU, majoring in mathematical engineering.

Matras Robert | Integration Architect, EDITEL

Robert joined EDITEL 15 years ago as a technical consultant. Through the design and implementation of customer solutions in the field of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)gradually got to very complex B2B integration projects.
Currently, he deals mainly with international projects in the field of digitization of processes and B2B communication and is dedicated to developing services to bring pure joy to customers.

Motan Pavel | Managing Director, K2 atmitec

Pavel Motan has been helping with the digital transformation of medium and large enterprises in the Czech Republic and Slovakia for over 25 years. During his career, he has participated in the analysis, implementation and subsequent development of the K2 ERP system in many companies, e.g. in the GIENGER, KOH-I-NOOR HOLDING, Stoklasa textile haberdashery and the PILANA organization.

He is the CEO of K2 atmitec s.r.o. and co-owner of the K2 group, which is behind the development and distribution of business software - primarily the K2 ERP system and the K2 e-shop.

Novák Petr | Vice-Chairman of the HOPI Holding

Petr Novák is a member of the board of directors of HOPI Holding. With almost a quarter of a century of experience in the company, he became one of the key figures who contributed to its growth and success. He started his career at HOPI as the financial director of HOPI s.r.o., where he gradually took responsibility for other key departments of the company, such as transport, IT, HR and others. He participated significantly in the restructuring of the company and in the creation of HOPI Holding, as well as in the implementation of acquisitions. Between 2014 and 2023, he held the position of CEO of the group. In 2014, it also became part of the ownership structure of HOPI. Today, the HOPI Group operates in six countries and generates the largest revenues from logistics, warehousing and transport. In recent years, it has also expanded significantly in the areas of development, agriculture and food production.

Pamič Igor | Representative of Luka Koper p.l.c. for the Czech and Slovak market

Igor Pamič holds an MBA from the School of Economics and Business (University of Ljubljana). He took the position of the Representative of Luka Koper in September 2023. In his early career he worked in automotive industry for a slovenian Tier 1 supplier of TPCA, now Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic, and was responsible for delivering the components/parts on JIT bases directly to the production line. He also experienced a job on board of MSC Cruises. In the last 19 years he worked for Italian production companies, first as Head of Sales for CEE region and in the last 10 years as Global Sales Director.

Pavlíček Jan | Owner of Antwell Group

Jan Pavlíček founded the company in 1998 as a natural person, in 2004 it changed to s.r.o., the beginning of the business only as a forwarding agent, then it also owned trucks and semi-trailers. At this moment, the company owns approximately 450 pieces of transport equipment, and the portfolio of services has grown to include rental, transport, service and service for passenger cars. The company is still owned by only one person.

Petráš Viktor | Sales & Marketing Director CZ/SK at EDITEL CZ

Viktor Petráš successfully graduated from the Informatics department at the Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. He gained his first work experience from 2002 in the field of retail in the SPAR chain. Here he acquired a number of technical and managerial skills in the areas of IT and the organization of retail processes, also directly related to EDI issues. From 2007 he worked at EDITEL CZ, after its acquisition by the Austrian GS1. Later, Viktor Petráš took over responsibility for managing the sales and marketing department. After working at Diebold Nixdorf between 2014-2019, he returned to EDITEL with newly acquired experience from a global environment. He is currently engaged in the development of business activities in the areas of B2B communication and integration not only on the markets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but also on synergistic international activities within the broad European group of EDITEL companies.

Plajner Martin | Head of the R&D Department, Logio

Rumler Miroslav | Managing Partner, RELIANT

CEO, Reliant and Vice-president, Czech Logistics Association
Miroslav Rumler graduated from the Faculty of International Trade of the Prague University of Economics and Business.  He started his career in INSPEKTA a.s., a foreign trading company. Between 1991 and 1992 he studied for his postgraduate degree at the State University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana in the United States, where he subsequently worked as an external consultant for The Limited Distribution Services Ltd., Columbus, Ohio. On his return from overseas, Miroslav started as the Country Operations Manager with Maccorp Holdings Ltd., a British financial company seated in London operating a network of branches all around Europe. Since 1994, he has been working for Reliant s.r.o., a professional training and consultancy company in the field of transport, forwarding and logistics. He is the managing partner of Reliant s.r.o.

Sovička Pavel | Managing Director CZ&SK, Panattoni

Pavel Sovička started his professional career at Cushman & Wakefield, where he spent 10 years in total. Since 2008, he has been at the head of Panattoni as Managing Director for the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Panattoni Development Company is one of the world's largest privately held development companies with 53 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Since starting operations in Central Europe in 2005, the company has completed a total of over 20 million m2 of modern industrial space. Pavel Sovička has 25 years of experience in industry in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. He participated in transactions representing a total of more than 1,700,000 m2 of leased and sold space. Among the most significant projects under his leadership are, for example, a robotic distribution center for Amazon, as the first full-scale multi-storey industrial building in the Czech Republic in Panattoni Park Kojetín (the largest rental building in the Czech Republic, 187,000 m2), Amazon's distribution center in Panattoni Park Prague Airport I (the second largest rental building in the Czech Republic, 120,000 m2) and Panattoni Park Cheb, whose most important tenant is the company Tchibo (the third largest rental building in the Czech Republic, 105,000 m2).

Svrčková Michaela | Managing Director Czech Republic and Slovakia, MSC

Michaela Svrckova is the managing director for Czech Republic and Slovakia of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, the largest container shipping line worldwide. Additionally, she leads the local development of MEDLOG, part of MSC Group, which is fast-growing within Czech Republic and Slovakia the last two years. Medlog concentrates on inland logistics, with a special focus on rail and trucking services. In 2002, Michaela embarked on this adventure, paving the way for various opportunities across departments and responsibilities. This journey granted her a profound global understanding of the industry and the expertise to address intricate challenges and enhance local organization. Crucial in accompanying and structuring local growth, she achieved successful setups for the development of multimodal services in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Michaela's defining traits are dynamism, passion for her work, and exemplary leadership skills. She places a strong emphasis on developing her team members, constantly fostering their growth, and nurturing their potential.”

Šlofar Jan | Head of Plant Supply Chain Management, Vitesco Technologies

Jan Šlofar is the head of SCM at the Frenštát pod Radhoštěm plants and the newly emerging company Vitesco Technologies in Ostrava-Hrušov, which develops and manufactures the most modern drive technologies for sustainable mobility. The company's product portfolio includes electric propulsion systems, electronic control units, sensors and actuators, and exhaust gas recirculation solutions. Jan is a graduate of the Faculty of Transport of the Czech Technical University, and his passion for innovation in movement and production connects him with the company.

Štěpánková Zuzana | Senior Consultant at the Industrial Agency of iO Partners

Since 2020, he has been working as a Senior Consultant in the Industrial Agency of iO Partners (formerly JLL), where he helps manufacturing and logistics companies find suitable industrial premises. She has 9 years of experience in the field of commercial real estate, where previous employers include Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield and Property Alliance Group (Manchester, UK). She is a graduate of International Business Management with a focus on Sustainable Development at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Tišer Radovan | Team Leader Sales CZ&SK, TIMOCOM

Radovan is in charge of planning, strategy of business activities for these countries and leads the sales team. His goal is to build relationships with clients and provide them with the best possible service. It emphasizes innovation and smart products that solve real problems and improve processes with the help of digitization. Ask him how specifically TIMOCOM can help you!

Tylová Petra | Director of the Logistics and Distribution Division, Sluno

Petra Tylová has many years of experience in the direct operation of company logistics, data analysis and data integration, optimization and design of the warehouse and related processes, including goods tracking. In Slun, she was also involved in WMS implementations using mobile terminals or voice solutions. He is currently in charge of managing the logistics division, which includes warehouse process analysis, WMS implementation and voice picking, as well as the robotics team, which takes care of the introduction of automation in logistics.

Zajíček Libor | Manager and Investment Specialist, FINEST Invest

Libor has 25 years of experience in business and production management. Trade in industrial areas such as engineering, construction, logistics and international supply chains. He worked in the positions of COO, CSO, CEO in manufacturing and trading companies, he has experience in both local and corporate environments. Focuses primarily on communication with clients, but also within internal teams, on efficiency, completion of processes and work products; recently with an emphasis on business development, management and coordination of the business team at Finest Invest, where they deal with capital management for investment groups in the Czech Republic, which operate mainly in the field of real estate and telecommunications.

Žikovský Petr | Sales Director – Retail&Telco, ADASTRA

Petr has been working at Adastra in the position of Sales director for Retail and Telco for the third year. He has more than 20 years of experience in the retail sector, which he gained as a sales director at IKEA CZHUSK. He devises diverse projects with quick returns for his clients, which he then sells. He and his team enjoy finding solutions where others have not yet succeeded.