KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- (Business Wire)
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today several
organizational changes within the operations department of its U.S.
subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR).
Mike Naatz has been promoted from senior vice president and chief
information officer to senior vice president operations support and
chief information officer. Reporting directly to Mr. Naatz are vice
president network design Greg Walling, vice president mechanical
operations Gary Jarboe, vice president information technology Wayne
Godlewski and director process improvement Matt Bommarito. Mr. Naatz
reports to KCSR president and CEO David Starling.
Mr. Naatz has 20 years of transportation experience. He joined KCSR in
2012 from USF Holland (a YRCW company), where he served as president.
Prior to that, he held the position of chief customer officer and chief
information and service officer for YRCW, as well as a variety of other
IT and operations leadership positions for YRCW and USF. He holds a
master of business administration from the Kellogg School of Management
at Northwestern University and a bachelor of arts in economics from the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jeff Songer has been promoted from vice president and chief engineer to
senior vice president engineering and chief transportation officer. In
addition to his engineering department direct reports, now reporting to
Mr. Songer are vice president transportation and safety Steve Truitt and
assistant vice president network operations Mike Curry.
Mr. Songer joined the company in 2005 and was promoted to vice president
and chief engineer in 2012. Prior to joining the company, he spent 12
years in the construction and finance industries. He holds a master of
business administration and bachelor of arts in engineering from the
University of Kansas.
Steve Truitt’s position has changed from vice president safety training
and standards to vice president transportation and safety. In addition
to his safety and training department direct reports, now reporting to
Mr. Truitt are assistant vice presidents Chad Devenney of the Midwest
Division, Rick Pennington of the Southeast Division and Richard
Bartoskewitz of the Southwest Division.
Moving from Mr. Truitt’s department to the administration and corporate
affairs department are assistant vice president and chief of police Al
Rawls and public safety director Danny Lites, who will again report to
executive vice president administration and corporate affairs Warren
Erdman. Also moving from Mr. Truitt’s department is director
environmental and hazmat Carl Akins, who now reports to assistant vice
president facilities and heritage operations Doug Banks.
Mr. Truitt has 31 years of railroad experience. He joined KCSR in 2011
and has also held operations positions with CSX and Union Pacific. He
holds a bachelor of science in business management from Virginia Tech.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding
company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama.
Its primary U.S. holding is KCSR, serving the central and south central
U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico,
S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port
cities of Lázaro Cárdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent
interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean
freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’ North
American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of
a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of
the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Contacts:
Kansas City Southern
C. Doniele Carlson, 816-983-1372
dcarlson@kcsouthern.com
Source: Kansas City Southern
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