If I had to single out one person who made DYNAMIC FUTURE what they are today, it would be Roman Klepek. Unfortunately, I have to write about his work in the past tense… Roman left in mid-January.
He remains like an older brother to me. With everything that belongs to such a relationship – the ability to encourage, to sit down together without reservations, to have a long passionate discussion, and to keep silent and listen. He introduced me to dynamic simulation, taught me to see its possibilities, and it was he who literally pushed me, Honza Šlajer, and Leo Tvrdon to found a joint company. He became part of DYNAMIC FUTURE, was its great driving force, and later also a customer.
He taught me to observe things from many points of view.
Not even the best screenwriter could have thought up our meeting and journey. In college, I started dabbling with dynamic simulation as part of an internship at Autopal. At that time, there were only two companies in the country that owned Witness. In addition to Autopal, these were the Bohumín Ironworks and Wireworks (Železárny a drátovny Bohumín). Roman Klepek advocated for it.
At the time, a friend of mine was my boss at Autopal, and when she saw how much I wanted to try new things that were beyond her professional possibilities, she gave me the number of Honza Daňek, Witness’s distributor. And I called him. We consulted what was needed, and established a pleasant relationship.
After the holidays, I returned to school, met his father, Professor Daňko from the Institute of Transport, and within a few weeks, an unknown number called me. It was Roman. And that I should come to ŽDB to see how they work with Witness.
And so began our mission.
I did my diploma under Roman, joined the ironworks as a part-time worker, and was there when they were to create a division for logistics. I was hired as an employee. At that time, however, the company was already dying. The bosses informed us that they would close down soon.
What dod Roman have to say about it?
Let’s buy the Witness from them. Let’s try to do it ourselves.
And DYNAMIC FUTURE was born.
Thanks to Roman’s erudition in transport fields, we got to work on really interesting projects. It was successful.
Ten years later, his son was born, he wanted to withdraw from the company and devote time to his family. He worked for several important companies, moving them several levels higher with his vision.
Our contacts were never interrupted. We were still close. He worked for us on some jobs, and later we met as a supplier and customer.
We’ve been together for over a quarter of a century. We’ve endured tough negotiations, and devised solutions for cases that seemed unsolvable.
When I naively asked him one day on the way from Litvínov if he thought I could ever lead workshops as successfully as he did, he answered without hesitation: “I have no doubt about it”. I know he meant it.
I was very happy with Roman.
When I went to see him to say goodbye, he was sad that he hadn’t actually achieved anything in life, nothing great was left behind. “You’re the last person to say something like that. You’ve done more for the field, for specific companies, and for specific people than you can imagine,” I told him.
Roman Klepek is staying with DYNAMIC FUTURE forever.
As an honest, sincere, courageous, visionary and incredibly hardworking guy.
Roman, thanks.