Tomas keeps the numbers honest. He built the spreadsheet behind our fee and shipping-line comparisons and maintains the timing log that all our delivery estimates come from. Before joining the desk in 2022 he worked as a market research analyst, mostly on transport and logistics surveys. He also owns the glossary, which he rewrites whenever a reader says a definition still did not land.
Research Editor
Fee arithmetic, shipping-line comparison tables, timing data and glossary maintenance
6 years covering this niche
Service fee and consolidation charge arithmetic
Shipping-line rate comparison
Volumetric weight calculation
Order timing logs and percentile reporting
Glossary and terminology consistency
Currency conversion on agent invoices
Career timeline
2016 Started as a research assistant on a regional transport survey.
2019 Became a market research analyst covering freight and parcel pricing.
2022 Joined Kako Buying Primer as research editor.
2023 Rebuilt the site's fee comparison tables from charged invoice lines.
2025 Took over glossary maintenance and the six-month shipping-line recheck.
Credentials
Certificate in Transport Economics Northwest Logistics Institute 2019
Bachelor of Arts, Economics Portland State University 2016
Data Analysis with Spreadsheets (professional certificate) Cascade Analytics Academy 2021
