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10 BNSF Railway IT leaders
These ten people hold or have held IT leadership roles at BNSF Railway, including two former chief information officers, heads of technology groups and directors of technology services, IT and enterprise architecture. A reader can learn how these IT leaders lead technology organizations at BNSF.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian Dibrell
LinkedInExperience: Head of Digital Workplace Technology · BNSF Railway
Head of Digital Workplace Technology at BNSF Railway since March 2026; the profile says the role leads the Digital Workplace Technology group at BNSF. Former VP, Digital Workplace & Ops Infrastructure Everyday AI End User Compute Collaboration Tech (2022–2026) and AVP Digital Workplace Tech Collaboration, Productivity Telephony Tech Product Management (2021–2022) at Humana.
Brian Faz
LinkedInExperience: Chief Information Officer · BNSF Railway
Former Chief Information Officer at BNSF Railway (2024–2025); the profile says the role led a group of 3000+ professionals across technologies for BNSF Railway. Former Head of Data Analytics and Cloud Operations (2021–2024), Head of Enterprise Platforms & IT Operations (2018–2021) and Senior Director, Application Development (2015–2018) at BNSF Railway. Vice President, Digital Strategy and Operations at Alcon since December 2025.
Harish Jambunathan
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering Support & Information Technology · BNSF Railway
Former Director Engineering Support & Information Technology at BNSF Railway (2012–2018), and Head of Enterprise Analytics, IoT & Transformation Strategy (Director VP - equivalent) at BNSF Railway since 2018; the profile says the current role acts as a strategic partner to the CIO and executive leadership on technology strategy and oversaw an annual IT portfolio.
Jason Long
LinkedInExperience: Head of Data Centers, Networks, and Edge · BNSF Railway
Head of Data Centers, Networks, and Edge at BNSF Railway since August 2025, a Director-level role under the bnsf | tech headline. Former Director of Engineering (2023–2025), Head of Networking - Physical Stores (2019–2023) and Sr. Manager, Infrastructure Engineering (2019) at Amazon.
Jitendra Chevuru
LinkedInExperience: Director of Technology Services · BNSF Railway
Director of Technology Services at BNSF Railway since November 2023, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department that the profile places in Topeka, Kansas. The profile also lists a Manager role at BNSF Railway (2007–2024) and Sr. Project Manager at Infosys Technologies Ltd. (1997–2007).
Jo-ann dePass Olsovsky
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CIO, VP & CIO, AVP · BNSF Railway
Former SVP & CIO, VP & CIO, AVP at BNSF Railway, a single profile row dated 2006 to 2018 that lists these titles together. Former EVP & CIO at Salesforce (2018–2022), where the profile says the team led global IT for Salesforce core, Mulesoft, Tableau and Slack. Board Member at CN since 2021.
Joe Saylor
LinkedInExperience: Director Enterprise Architecture and Services · BNSF Railway
Former Director Enterprise Architecture and Services at BNSF Railway (2018–2021), and Deputy CISO at BNSF Railway since November 2021. The profile describes leadership in enterprise security within BNSF Railway's technology services department, including implementing a cloud-based identity system. Former Director Transportation Systems Modernization at BNSF Railway (2016–2018).
Kurt Dawson
LinkedInExperience: Director Technology Services · BNSF Railway
Former Director Technology Services at BNSF Railway (2013–2025); the profile says the role held primary responsibility for program oversight and leadership for the modernization of the core Transportation and Workforce Management portfolio of systems. Former Manager II SAP Production Support at BNSF Railway (2009–2013).
Samara Casanova
LinkedInExperience: Director of IT - Mechanical Operations · BNSF Railway
Director of IT - Mechanical Operations at BNSF Railway since November 2021. The profile headline describes a Director role at bnsf tech focused on building scalable, impactful solutions and actively hiring technology staff, and places the person in Haslet, Texas.
Stephanie Saylor
LinkedInExperience: Director, Enterprise Mobile Apps, Social & Collaboration Tools, Web Portals and Sites · BNSF Railway
Former Director, Enterprise Mobile Apps, Social & Collaboration Tools, Web Portals and Sites at BNSF Railway (2012–2016), Senior Director, Operational Technology & Data (2016–2021) and Senior Director, Enterprise Data Analytics & AI (2021–2025). The profile says the last role covered enterprise analytics, data and AI, GIS, information governance and program governance and tools.
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- 01How does BNSF decide which core railroad systems to modernize first?
- 02How are data center, network and edge technology changes rolled out without disrupting train operations?
- 03What does a technology vendor need to show to win work with BNSF's technology organization?
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