RailTrends 2012 Speakers and Their Bios

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2012 Presenters

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Christopher Aadnesen


President and CEO
Alaska Railroad
Bio

Chuck Baker


President
National Railroad Construction & Maintenance Association
Advisory Board Member
American High Speed Rail Alliance
Bio

John Blascovich


Lead Partner
Procurement Services Practice
A.T. Kearney
Bio

Joseph Boardman


President and Chief Executive Officer
Amtrak
Bio

Michael Bourque


President & Chief Executive Officer
Railway Association of Canada (RAC)
Bio

Donald Broughton


Managing Director, Senior Transportation Analysis
Avondale Partners, LLC
Bio

Bruce Carlton


President and CEO
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL)
Bio

Bill Clement


Vice President of Intermodal
CSX
Bio

Husein Cumber


Executive Vice President
Corporate Development
Florida East Coast Industries
Bio

Daniel R. Elliott III


Chairman
Surface Transportation Board
Bio

Jeffery Elliot


Partner
Oliver Wyman
Bio

Ed Hamberger


President and CEO
Association of American Railroads (AAR)
Bio

Tony Hatch


Program Consultant and Industry Analyst
Bio

Karen Hedlund


Deputy Administrator
Federal Railroad Administration
Bio

John Hellmann


President and CEO
Genesee & Wyoming
Bio

Robert Henry


Vice President of Operations
Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.
Bio

Deborah Hersman


Chairman
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
Bio

James Hertwig


President and Chief Executive Officer
Florida East Coast Railway
Bio

Toby Kolstad


Principal
Rail Theory Forecasts
Bio

Paul Nissenbaum


Associate Administrator for Railroad Policy & Development
Federal Railroad Administration
Bio

Gary L. Long


President and Chief Executive Officer
OmniTax
Bio

Patrick Ottensmeyer


Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Kansas City Southern, Inc.
Bio

Jean-Jacques Ruest


Executive Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer
CN
Bio

Joe Santamaria


Vice President of Engineering
Union Pacific
Bio

Larry Shughart


Global Lead Transportation
WorleyParsons
Bio

Jamal Simmons


Political Analyst
Bio

Tom Simpson


Executive Director
Railway Supply Institute (RSI)
Bio

Jamal Simmons


Political Analyst
Bio

Richard F. Timmons


President
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association
Bio

Jeff Ward


Partner
Transportation Practice
A.T. Kearney
Bio

2011 Presenters

Bruce Carlton


President and CEO
The National Industrial Transportation League (NITL)

Tom Simpson


Executive Director
Railway Supply Institute (RSI)

Ed Hamberger


President and CEO
Association of American Railroads (AAR)

Richard F. Timmons


President
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association

Steve Warsaw


Director of Environmental Markets Sales and Trading
Miller Tabak + Co.

Erin M. O'Reilly


Principal/Director
Strategic Stock Surveillance, LLC

U.S. Rep. John Mica (R-FLa.)


Chairman
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

Daniel R. Elliott III


Chairman
Surface Transportation Board

Patrick Ottensmeyer


Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Kansas City Southern (KCS)

Michael R. Haverty


Executive Chairman
Kansas City Southern (KCS)

Joseph Szabo


Administrator
Federal Railroad Administration

Toby Kolstad


Principal
Rail Theory Forecasts

John Lanigan


Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
BNSF

Brian McDonald


Vice President of Intermodal Marketing and Sales
Union Pacific Railroad

Tom Malloy


Vice President, Policy and Communications
Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)

Adam Bridges


VP Business Development
TRAC Intermodal

Michael McClellan


Vice President Intermodal and Automative Marketing
Norflolk Southern Corporation

Keith Creel


Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
CN

John Hellmann


President and CEO
Genesee & Wyoming

Tony Hatch


Senior Transportation Analyst
ABH Consulting

Rick Paterson


Analyst
UBS

Tom Wadewitz


Analyst
J.P. Morgan

James Hertwig


President and Chief Executive Officer
Florida East Coast Railway

Manny Hontoria


Partner
Oliver Wyman

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