Renaldo Smith
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Michele Caver, LSSGB
Renaldo is a excellent team leader. He lays out expectations and supports his team in delivering the guidelines he has put forth in leading the team to success. He assess a situation and leads the team to put processes in place to enhance performance and meet goals.
Wes Lujan
Renaldo Smith is a committed railroader and transportation professional. I had the honor of working with him in Chicago. He always delivered for our team and the community. He’s had to work in some of the toughest environments on our system, and he consistently demonstrated the grit to generate results!
Michele Caver, LSSGB
Renaldo is a excellent team leader. He lays out expectations and supports his team in delivering the guidelines he has put forth in leading the team to success. He assess a situation and leads the team to put processes in place to enhance performance and meet goals.
Wes Lujan
Renaldo Smith is a committed railroader and transportation professional. I had the honor of working with him in Chicago. He always delivered for our team and the community. He’s had to work in some of the toughest environments on our system, and he consistently demonstrated the grit to generate results!
Michele Caver, LSSGB
Renaldo is a excellent team leader. He lays out expectations and supports his team in delivering the guidelines he has put forth in leading the team to success. He assess a situation and leads the team to put processes in place to enhance performance and meet goals.
Wes Lujan
Renaldo Smith is a committed railroader and transportation professional. I had the honor of working with him in Chicago. He always delivered for our team and the community. He’s had to work in some of the toughest environments on our system, and he consistently demonstrated the grit to generate results!
Michele Caver, LSSGB
Renaldo is a excellent team leader. He lays out expectations and supports his team in delivering the guidelines he has put forth in leading the team to success. He assess a situation and leads the team to put processes in place to enhance performance and meet goals.
Wes Lujan
Renaldo Smith is a committed railroader and transportation professional. I had the honor of working with him in Chicago. He always delivered for our team and the community. He’s had to work in some of the toughest environments on our system, and he consistently demonstrated the grit to generate results!
Credentials
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BUSINESS ANALYTICS: FROM DATA TO INSIGHTS
The Wharton SchoolNov, 2020- Oct, 2024
Experience
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Savage
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United States
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Transportation, Logistics and Storage
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400 - 500 Employee
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General Manager
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Jul 2021 - Present
• Lead, identify and mitigate safety and operational barriers across all locations. • Oversaw multiple operations across East Texas and Southwest Louisiana, include in-plant rail switching, railcar loading, SIT Yard Operations, railcar washing and logistics support services. • Manage all financial aspects of the Budgetary System (Budget, Projections, Total P&L). • Ensure team is effectively communicating with existing customers, as well as the business development team in the pursuit of new opportunities. • Instrumental and active in multiple business projects, resulting in several multimillion-dollar SIT Yard operations in planning stages. • Developed and implemented a management training function which contributed to a 2% reduction in employee turnover and an estimated payroll savings of $250,000 annually.
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Union Pacific Railroad
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United States
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Rail Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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Superintendent of Train Operations
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2017 - 2021
Led the transportation and safety plans, managed a multimillion-dollar operating budget overseeing multiple terminals across Missouri and the state of Illinois. Led and developed both managers and agreement employees where individual performance and employment involvement activities determine the successful accomplishments of company business objectives.• Ran on time at 98.8% generating $338 Million revenue from originating traffic. • Received award from the region for being the safest service unit on the system in 2017.
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Director of Terminal Operations City District (Yard Center & Global I)
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2015 - 2017
Managed the transportation and safety plans for the City District Terminals on the Chicago Service Unit both the Auto and Intermodal. Managed and developed managers and agreement employees delivered the cross-functional leadership needed to successfully optimize terminal performance while coordinating and managing transportation, engineering and mechanical operations.• Recognized by EVPO for improving network efficiency. Led team on continuous improvement project - Yard Flip Yard Center terminal increasing operating flow by reducing variability thru put and improving velocity on the Villa Grove Subdivision.• Led team continuous improvement project, reduced bad order car dwell from an average of 8.37 days to 5.25 days across the City District. Improvements helped earn Yard Center Terminal #1 ranking on the system wide key performance metrics in 2016.
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Director of Terminal Operations (Proviso Yard & Global II Intermodal ramp)
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2014 - 2015
Managed transportation and safety plans for major hump yard and intermodal facility. Led a team of managers and agreement employees delivering cross-functional leadership needed to successfully optimize terminal performance. Managed a multimillion-dollar operating budget, overseeing a major hump yard and intermodal operation.• Reduced car dwell at Proviso from an average of 41 hours to 32 hours month over month. Improved terminal capacity along with freight car velocity by 4%.• Improved terminal rankings 5 spots in system key operating metrics.
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Director of Terminal Operations (Yard Center Terminal)
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2012 - 2014
Managed transportation and safety plans for a major terminal, Led and developed a team of managers and agreement employees delivering cross-functional leadership needed to successfully optimize terminal performance.• Facilitated cross-functional continuous improvement team - developed processes to improve 1st OS at the Dolton Intermodal ramp from 93.7% to 98.8% YTD.• Led continuous improvement team to improve the velocity on the Villa Grove subdivision from 18.4 MPH to 20 MPH on a system goal of 22 MPH.
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Senior Manager of Terminal Operations
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2009 - 2012
Managed the safety and daily activities of the run-through train operations. Led a team of 6 managers and clerical personnel along with agreement employees. Developed and executed detailed action plans including corrective action plans to optimize employee achievements in productivity-related objectives.• Received Best Practices for Vehicle Safety Program - Installed safety warning flashers on rear of vehicles reducing rear-end collisions from an average of 1.5 a year to 0.• Improved run thru dwell from 3.44 hours in 2009 to record setting 3.35 in 2010 and 3.15 in 2011.• Implemented (CDMS) clerical based reporting system, adding savings in job reductions with the new automated system.• Recognized for Innovative T-Plan change - reconfigured coal trains route during 2011 floods allowing an average flow of 64 trains vs. 35 projected. • Continuous Improvement team leader for Kansas City Service Unit run thru operations - improved run thru dwell from 3.44 hours in 2009 to record setting 3.35 in 2010 and 3.15 in 2011.
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Manager of Train Operations
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2003 - 2009
Led and managed all safety-related processes for managers and agreement employees in the execution of all transportation plans. Analyzed business system to identify areas to improve processes and reduce costs. Coordinated and planned daily activities within centralized functional areas, executing action plans to achieve high productivity objectives and corrective action plans as needed.• Developed report that monitored overtime accrual versus budgeted to identify areas of opportunity for cost savings. • District Team Champions in safety initiatives 2008
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Manager of Yard Operations
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1998 - 2003
Supervised all safety related processes for agreement employees in the execution of all transportation plans. Managed the terminal transportation plan and related expenses within the assigned budget, coordinated and planned daily activities within centralized functional areas while monitoring workforce levels, executing action plans to achieve high productivity objectives and corrective action plans as needed.• Best in class North Little Rock Service Unit, efficiency testing 2002
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Norfolk Southern
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Rail Transportation
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700 & Above Employee
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Train Conductor
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1996 - 1998
Certified Conductor, successful completion of class, field training, and required written exam. Certified Conductor, successful completion of class, field training, and required written exam.
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Sea Mar Transportation
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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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Operations Manager
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1994 - 1996
Specialized in scheduling, planning, and coordinating distribution of assorted commodities. Controlled four warehouse inventory levels totaling 175,000 square feet, interacted with customers, suppliers and manufactures. Supervised and planned daily activities for 75 company truck drivers and 35 owner operators. Managed dry van, refrigerated trailers, import & export rail and ocean container movement, way-billing, interchange agreements, dock receipts, bookings and ladings. • Developed comprehensive preventive maintenance program, regular scheduled maintenance intervals for all trucks and trailers, and reduced overall maintenance cost by 15% YOY.
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New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
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United States
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Truck Transportation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Transportation Coordinator
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1993 - 1994
Responsible for statistical data research for new transportation services. Developed marketing trends, accounting reports and daily management services. • Intern statisticians - developed reports analyzing routes and ridership for new light rail system proposed for fall of 2005. Responsible for statistical data research for new transportation services. Developed marketing trends, accounting reports and daily management services. • Intern statisticians - developed reports analyzing routes and ridership for new light rail system proposed for fall of 2005.
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Education
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Southern University at New Orleans
Bachelor's degree, Transportation Management Emphasis:Logistics and Marketing -
The Wharton School
Executive Education, Business Analytics
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