Rail transportation
10 CMOs in Rail Transportation
These ten executives hold or have held chief marketing officer titles at freight railroads, shortline railroads, passenger rail services and other rail transportation companies. A reader can learn how CMOs build and run their teams in rail transportation companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Andrey Zotov
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) · Первая грузовая компания - ПГК
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Первая грузовая компания - ПГК since April 2022; the profile describes the company as a rail transportation company offering freight transportation, freight forwarding and industrial logistics. At SIBUR the profile lists Head of Operational Marketing, Petrochemicals (2020–2022) and Head of Marketing and Forecasting (2018–2020).
Cliff Grunstra
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer · Carload Express, Inc.
Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer at Carload Express, Inc. (2021–2024) and its Chief Marketing Officer (2016–2021); Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer there since June 2024. The profile also lists Market Manager at Norfolk Southern (2012–2014), and the summary cites work in the railroad industry and skills in business development, negotiation, business planning and forecasting.
Joe Kellner
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Minnesota Commercial Railway
Chief Marketing Officer at Minnesota Commercial Railway since February 2014, after serving there as Director of Marketing and Industrial Development (2007–2014). The profile also lists Account Manager - Grain at Canadian Pacific Railway (1990–1996), Assistant Manager - Grain Marketing at Soo Line Railroad Company (1986–1990) and self-employed work as a Transportation Consultant (1996–2007).
John Brooks
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officier · CPKC
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officier (spelled that way in the listing) at CPKC since February 2017; the headline reads Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at CPKC Railroad, and the profile describes CPKC as a rail transportation company. The profile also lists Vice President, Sales and Marketing - Grain and Intermodal at Canadian Pacific (2010–2025).
Julie Edwards
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Brightline Trains
Former Chief Marketing Officer at Brightline Trains (2014–2018). The summary describes Brightline as the intercity express train service that launched in Southeast Florida in January 2018 and says Julie Edwards created and launched Brightline; the profile lists Principal Owner at The Navigation Group since 2018.
Michael Filoni
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · Carload Express, Inc.
Chief Marketing Officer at Carload Express, Inc. since April 2004. At CSX the profile lists Account Manager (2001–2004) and Marketing Manager, Automotive Sales Group (1999–2001), and the summary describes a veteran railroad sales, marketing and supply chain professional who has guided customers on moving commodities ranging from agricultural products to finished vehicles.
Steve Bobb
LinkedInExperience: EVP & CMO · BNSF Railway
EVP & CMO at BNSF Railway (listed from December 2012), after serving there as Group Vice President (2006–2012); the headline now reads Retired EVP & CMO at BNSF Railway. The summary says that as executive vice president and chief marketing officer Steve Bobb led the company's sales and marketing activities, customer service and economic development.
Steve Del Bosco
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing and Sales Officer · VIA Rail Canada
Chief Marketing and Sales Officer at VIA Rail Canada (listed from 2002), and Senior Advisor to the President and CEO there (2014–2015). The summary describes 37 years at VIA Rail Canada leading functions including marketing and sales, customer experience and commercial planning, with a period as interim President, and says Steve Del Bosco recently retired.
Todd Hunter
LinkedInExperience: Chief Marketing Officer · North Shore Railroad Company
Chief Marketing Officer at North Shore Railroad Company since August 1996. The profile describes the company as six shortline railroads, among them the Juniata Valley, Lycoming Valley, Nittany & Bald Eagle and Shamokin Valley railroads, and says it also owns Tartaglia Railroad Services; the profile also lists Merchadise Manager at The Campbell's Company (1986–1996).
Tom Williams
LinkedInExperience: EVP and Chief Marketing Officer · BNSF Railway
EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at BNSF Railway since September 2024, after serving as Group Vice President - Consumer Products Business Group there (2017–2024); the profile also lists Vice President - Domestic Intermodal Business Unit at BNSF Railway from 1993. The summary says the role covers relationships with freight customers plus sales, marketing and economic development activities.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's kind of railroad to yours, since marketing for a large freight network, a shortline serving local shippers and a passenger service involves different customers and sales cycles. Also check whether the title combined marketing with sales or commercial duties and how recently the person held it.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you decide which shippers or commodity markets to pursue when network capacity is limited?
- 02How do marketing, sales and operations work together when customers raise service problems?
- 03Which measures do you use to judge whether marketing and sales programs are growing volume or ridership?
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