The exposition is interesting . Sullivan , while teaching Business English at university-level in Shanghai , met his present boss Jeff McDonald , who then introduced him to the world of international logistics . “ I hit the ground running , with zero background in international business , and started learning how to move freight around the world ,” says Sullivan – and he has come a long way since .
The issue of technological disruption for supply chain and logistics is one that he has been turning over in his mind for some time now .
“ Many years ago , I began looking at logistics and the lack of technological adoption in this industry in the broadest sense . I started reading a lot on the subject , doing some of my Master ' s level work on this topic and then started my PhD work again ( which was then on hold ) on the thesis of how technology could disrupt the entire international logistics industry . That was in 2016 . So then , with this insight , I aimed to
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