A graduate of the Faculty of Economics at the University of Gdańsk, specializing in Transport and Logistics, where he currently works as an assistant professor in the Department of Transport Market. He has been a City Councilor since 1998. From 2005 to 2008, he served as the Chairman of the Transport Commission of the Union of Baltic Cities. Currently, he is the Vice-Chairman of the City Council of Gdynia and works in the Spatial Planning and Strategy Commission. In the Council, he is primarily involved in transportation issues (e.g., the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for Gdynia adopted in 2016) and the city’s economic development. He is a member of the Revitalization Committee, and he considers the implementation of revitalization as one of the most significant achievements of the Gdynia local government in the previous and current term. He is an expert in the field of railway and urban transport, as well as the financing of transport investments from EU funds. In 2009, he was awarded the title „Man of the Open Railway Market.” He is the author or co-author of over 100 articles, papers, analyses, and expert studies in this field. At the University of Gdańsk, he supervises European projects such as Trolley, Tide, Civitas Dynamo, Eliptic, and Trolley 2.0. He is one of the academic supervisors of the student Scientific Circle of the Transport Market and Marketing „TiM.” He holds a habilitation in economic sciences and has been a professor at the University of Gdańsk since 2020. He is a co-author of the concept of the Pomorska Kolej Metropolitalna (Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway) from 2005-2006. Married with four sons, his passions include local government, transport, geography, and economic history. He is an active hiker, interested in combat sports and football.