Presenter Details

Jeffery Elliott
Partner
Oliver Wyman

Jeffery Elliott is a Partner in the Surface Transportation Practice at Oliver Wyman, based in New York. He has over 25 years of experience working in the transportation industry and in transportation and logistics consulting, with a focus on corporate planning and strategy, business design, transactions support, marketing and sales strategy, and operations and maintenance performance improvement. His recent experience includes the following: „X Created a successful long-range growth strategy for a large North American railroad, assessed several merger and acquisition options, and provided valuation, deal structuring, regulatory, and PMI assistance „X Led a transformation of a large Class 1 railroad¡¦s engineering function by applying world-class maintenance practices to railroad infrastructure maintenance „X Created the investment strategy, transformation plan, and business case for purchase of a North American transportation intermediary by an investment consortium „X Developed an intermodal growth strategy for North American transportation firm „X Assisted a hedge fund in developing operating and financial criteria for selecting transportation and logistics investments and aided in portfolio creation „X Led due diligence for potential transportation sector acquisitions for several private equity and infrastructure funds „X Created new price and market strategies for North American railroad „X Provided M&A assistance and developed regulatory strategy for Mexican rail company „X Designed integrated performance metrics for a large North American railroad „X Designed an operations improvement plan for a large Brazilian railway „X Analyzed accessible capacity of rail and port infrastructure and created a long-term capital plan for a large Brazilian iron ore company Prior to joining Oliver Wyman, Mr. Elliott was a Principal with consulting firm A.T. Kearney. Mr. Elliott also served in executive positions in transportation and marketing with the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), with a focus in turning around underperforming business units. Mr. Elliott has a B.A. in chemistry and an M.S. in public policy and management from Carnegie-Mellon University, and M.B.A. essentials from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.

Session "The Unfunded Mandate: Positive Train Control Next Steps"