Experience

Jaguar Transport Holdings, LLC

• United States
• Truck Transportation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Vice President Operations

  • Jun 2019 - Present



OmniTRAX, Inc.

• United States
• Rail Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President of Operations

  • Sep 2015 - Jun 2019

• Division General Manager- Rocky Mountain Region

  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2015



Watco Companies LLC

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• General Manager-South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad-Watco

  • Nov 2012 - Jul 2014

  • Oversee, manage, direct, and provide insight and follow up to all departments within the railroad. Departments include: Transportation, Engineering, Mechanical, Maintenance of Way, Sales & Marketing, and Customer Service. • Generate performance goals, quality standards and profitability metrics. • Led the development of a TSP that continued excellent service to the customers while reducing assets, man power, overtime, car hire and cycle times. • Responsible for month over month decreases in labor cost, reducing overtime in the transportation department by 15% in the first 3 months utilizing proven efficient processes. • Initiated a decrease in the railroads operating ratio by 10 points and an increase in EBITDA of $1.4 million. • Directly led the immediate reduction of 5 locomotives while maintaining record traffic volumes along with a 10% decrease in fuel. • Maintain an effective team through the selection, training, compensation, review and motivation of employees. • Establish and held accountable for all operating budgets, forecasts, generate performance goals, quality standards and profitability metrics and alignment with the corporate strategic plan; oversee execution to meet and exceed annual financial and budgetary goals. • Managed gross revenues exceeding $29 million annually, setting recorded breaking revenue months for 2 months in a row. • Accountable for the development and adherence to safety, environmental law compliance and protection from future company liability. • Monitor the regional railroad industry for mergers, joint ventures, or acquisition opportunities. • Coordinated 5 departments totaling 101 Team Members. Show less



RailAmerica

• Truck Transportation
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant General Manager-Missouri and Northern Akansas Railroad

  • Oct 2011 - Nov 2012

  • Oversee, manage, direct, and provide insight and follow up to all departments within the railroad. Departments include: Transportation, Engineering, Mechanical, and Customer Service.• Tasked with driving safety to the all-time lowest levels on the MNA with 127 team members-zero injuries, reduce human factor incidents by 24%.• Led the development of a TSP that continued excellent service to the customers while reducing assets, man power, overtime, car hire and cycle times from 7.2 days to 4.5 days.• Responsible for month over month decreases in labor cost, reducing overtime in the transportation department by $250k in the first year utilizing proven efficient processes.• Initiated a decrease in the railroads operating ratio from the mid to low 90’s to a monthly average of 75 within 3 months of arrival on the property and maintain that ratio throughout.• Directly led the immediate reduction in monthly carhire cost by 60% or $600k savings in fiscal year 2012.• Maintain an effective team through the selection, training, compensation, review and motivation of employees.• Establish and held accountable for all operating budgets, forecasts, generate performance goals, quality standards and profitability metrics and alignment with the corporate strategic plan; oversee execution to meet and exceed annual financial and budgetary goals.• Managed gross revenues exceeding $32 million annually. Show less

• Senior Trainmaster-Chicago, Fort Wayne, and Eastern Railroad

  • Aug 2009 - Oct 2011

  • Build and maintain key relationships with interchange partners, other railroads, municipalities, and linking customers together via rail.• In charge of developing existing customer base and creating unique approaches to service those customers; prospecting for new customers to build on base business.• Responsible for the daily railroad operations, traffic patterns conducting, efficiency analysis, and leading the operating work force.• Daily communication with in-territory customers, (340 mile territory) including service requirements for the Midwest as well as across the USA.• Provide customers with cost/benefit analysis of rail vs. truck.• Responsible for territory budget, revenue & car-loading forecasts, and multiple other metrics.• Increased annual car loadings in 2011 by 16%.• Negotiation and approval of contracts and freight rates, as well as follow up payment processes.• Monitor and follow up with new business as well as the current growth of existing business including rail construction, contractor work, new rail site builds, expanding rail sites; provide feasibility study and operating plan to support the growth. Show less