Rail Summit:
IT Advancements to Meet Organizational Strategy

Arthur Adams is Senior Vice President of Sales, responsible for leading all sales portfolios within the Agriculture and Food, Chemicals, Fertilizers, Paper and Forest, Metals, and Minerals markets. Adams also oversees CSX Customer Engagement and TRANSFLO services.

Since joining CSX in 2007 with experience in the retail and healthcare sectors, Adams has helped strengthen the company's market position and customer relationships. He has served in CSX's Sales and Marketing organization in various positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to his most recent role as Vice President of Sales and Supply Chain Solutions, he was Head of Marketing Services, where he led the transformation of customer service operations and e-solutions enhancements.

Adams holds a master's degree in intermodal transportation management from the University of Denver and a bachelor's degree in marketing from Jacksonville University.

Tobias Bauer is Senior Vice President of Siemens Mobility Rail Infrastructure in North America. Prior to this role, Tobias held various positions within Siemens Mobility as well as Siemens' industry business in Europe, the United States, and India. Tobias holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University.

Ron injects technical expertise from vulnerability research to cyber-risk advisory from several critical infrastructure domains (O&G, energy, utilities, aviation). He has 12+ years of experience working with embedded ICS, possesses a MsCompSci, a Btech, and co-authored a book on Bash programming.

Mark Bromley joined Tideworks in 2008 and is currently Vice president of the Intermodal Rail Business Unit that Tideworks formed in 2019, headquartered out of Jacksonville, FL. Mark has led many key marine and intermodal project initiatives with great success helping customers maximize the software capabilities to achieve operational efficiencies while keeping the focus on schedule and budget. With over 15 years of experience in terminal operations and implementing terminal technologies, Mark has developed a deep understanding of what is required to successfully meet the business needs of customers.

Kareen Gray is Vice President of Sales for Short Lines, Regional Railroads, and Ports. In this role, Kareen is responsible for developing winning commercial strategies and driving customer focused, outcome oriented commercialization efforts spanning the entire Wabtec Freight portfolio – Locomotives, Services, Components, and Digital Solutions. Kareen has more than 26 years of rail industry experience with Wabtec, GE Transportation, and GE Capital in a variety of commercial roles. She most recently served as Wabtec's Vice President of Sales and Transport Logistics driving digital based solutions for our short line railroads and port segments.

Kareen started her commercial career with Xerox Canada. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland.

Kareen resides in Jupiter, Florida. She enjoys traveling and is an avid golfer.

Chris is a Director of Application Development at Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the nation's premier transportation companies. Chris joined NS in 2004 assisting with technology projects in the Engineering Department, before moving into IT in 2015. Chris' focus in application development is in the areas of Mobility, E-Commerce, and Revenue Accounting. Chris has an M.S from the University of West Georgia in Computer Science. He and his wife live in Carrollton, GA. They have two sons, ages 6 and 10.

Dominique Malenfant is responsible for delivering CN's technology strategy, with a focus on automation technology and the digitalization of CN's network and operations. Dominique has spent nearly 30 years in global leadership roles in transportation and rail industries. In his most recent role, Dominique was Senior Vice-President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer at Wabtec Corporation. Prior to his position at Wabtec Corporation, Dominique held the position of Vice-President of Global Technology at GE Transportation. During his tenure at Wabtec Corporation and GE Transportation, Dominique was focused on the next generation of Precision Scheduled Railroading and Positive Train Control technologies and spearheaded a major digital industrial evolution in rail.

Muru Murugappan was promoted to vice president, Technology Services, and chief information officer in January 2018. He is responsible for information technology including application development & maintenance, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data science & advanced analytics, and End User & Device Management.

Muru joined BNSF Railway as assistant vice president, Technology Services, in May 2013. In this role, he was responsible for the application development portfolios that support Engineering, Mechanical, Finance, Human Resources, Sourcing, Technical Training, and Law, along with enterprise support of the SAP platform and applications.

Muru has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has significant experience managing business applications and IT budgets. Prior to joining BNSF, Muru served as vice president, Head of Information Technology Operations, at Sony Electronics. He led the Technology Strategy and Planning team and had responsibility for all aspects of application development including major SAP projects in sales, distribution, materials management, customer service, and business intelligence. He has managed several business re-engineering/ transformation projects that included modernizing Sony's supply chain and logistics operations through the implementation of new technology.

Gregg is the Director of Technical Services and Security at Watco Companies. He is responsible for the network and security operations teams at Watco. He has 37yrs of IT experience, the last 28 years with transportation and logistics companies such as JB Hunt, Transplace, BNSF Logistics, and Watco Companies. Gregg has also worked with a local company and the University of Arkansas on NSF-funded research into new authentication and hashing techniques.

Katie Sanders is the Assistant Vice President of Tech Operations and Systems Development at Union Pacific Railroad. Her organization designs communication pathways to the rail and develops UP's computer-aided dispatching (CAD) software. Additionally, Katie's command center team provides around-the-clock support for critical systems, networks, and customer computing.

Katie is passionate about progressing diversity and inclusion initiatives across the transportation industry. She is an executive sponsor of the Women in Technology (WIT) team at UPRR and an active member of the company's D&I Council.

Katie and her husband have three daughters and enjoy coaching volleyball.

Greg Walling joined Genesee & Wyoming in April of 2017 in a strategic operations position within our Operating Group. Greg has responsibilities for leading our Service Design and Measurement development efforts, Customer Service and Automation groups, plus leveraging operating technology. Additionally Greg established a capability/capacity planning discipline within G&W, and supporting the Regional Leadership with productivity initiatives like Roots Reset. All of his experience set the stage to be our operational expert in advancing modern information technology. Greg sits on the RailPulse Technology Committee and is well positioned to represent this broad topic of technology. Greg has 20+ years of experience in progressive leadership and growth in the Class I rail industry with extensive exposure to all of North American's geography with time spent at CN, KCS, and NS. Greg earned a Bachelor's Degree from the College of Charleston and an MBA from the University of Missouri- Kansas City.