10 Norfolk Southern engineering leaders
Ed Boyle, Vice President Engineering, opens this list of Norfolk Southern engineering leaders, who include chief engineers and directors across bridges and structures, equipment, communications, train control, construction and software engineering. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Norfolk Southern from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Edens
LinkedInExperience: Director of Communications Engineering · Norfolk Southern
Andrew Edens has been Director of Communications Engineering at Norfolk Southern since June 2024, based in Atlanta. Andrew Edens's other Norfolk Southern rows are Senior Manager ATC Systems Engineering and Safety (2023 to 2024), Manager C&S Operations (2022 to 2023), Regional Manager (2020 to 2022) and Assistant Division Manager (2018 to 2020).
Ben Taggart
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer - Central Region · Norfolk Southern
Ben Taggart has been Chief Engineer - Central Region at Norfolk Southern since December 2019, based in Atlanta, and the profile headline reads Chief Engineer. This Central Region role is the only work row the listing shows for Ben Taggart, and it has no end date.
Dustin Lange, PE
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Engineering · Norfolk Southern
Dustin Lange, PE has been Senior Director of Engineering at Norfolk Southern since July 2020, based in Atlanta. Dustin Lange, PE's other Norfolk Southern rows are Assistant Chief Engineer (2017 to 2020 and 2014 to 2015), Division Engineer (2015 to 2017) and Assistant Division Engineer - Bridges (2009 to 2014).
Ed Boyle
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Engineering · Norfolk Southern
Ed Boyle has been Vice President Engineering at Norfolk Southern since May 2019. Ed Boyle's other Norfolk Southern rows are AVP-MW&S (2015 to 2019), AVP-Communications & Signals (2013 to 2015), Chief Engineer LM (2011 to 2013) and NS Railroader (1994 to 2011), and the profile headline names Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Eileen Relford
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Software Engineering · Norfolk Southern
Eileen Relford has been Senior Director of Software Engineering at Norfolk Southern since October 2019 and also holds a Senior Director IT Business Product Development row there, based in Atlanta. Eileen Relford's other Norfolk Southern rows are Customer Engagement Manager - IT (2017 to 2019), Manager Support Systems (2012 to 2019) and Manager Suppy Chain Technologies (2011 to 2019).
Jeremy Gillespie
LinkedInExperience: Director Engineering Equipment · Norfolk Southern
Jeremy Gillespie has been Director Engineering Equipment at Norfolk Southern since August 2023, based in Atlanta, and the profile describes rail industry experience in the Maintenance of Way department. Jeremy Gillespie's other Norfolk Southern rows are Sr. Manager Engineering Equipment (2022 to 2023), Manager Work Equipment - South (2020 to 2022) and General Division Engineer (2015 to 2020).
Matthew Geary
LinkedInExperience: Regional Director of Engineering - North · Norfolk Southern
Matthew Geary has been Regional Director of Engineering - North at Norfolk Southern since November 2021, based in the Toledo, Ohio area. Matthew Geary's other Norfolk Southern rows are Engineer of Track - Great Lakes Division (2021), Engineer of Track - Dearborn Division (2018 to 2021), Assistant Division Engineer - Track - Dearborn Division (2016 to 2018) and Track Supervisor II - Hump Yard (2013 to 2016).
Rich Zaluski
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Norfolk Southern
Rich Zaluski has been Director Of Engineering at Norfolk Southern since May 2020, based in Dallas, Georgia, with a headline of Director of Engineering - Construction. Rich Zaluski was Assistant Chief Engineer Construction at Norfolk Southern (2017 to 2020) and Manager Construction at Norfolk Southern Railroad (1994 to 2017).
Ruth Brown, PE
LinkedInExperience: Chief Engineer Bridges & Structures · Norfolk Southern
Ruth Brown, PE has been Chief Engineer Bridges & Structures at Norfolk Southern since January 2021, based in Atlanta. Ruth Brown, PE's other Norfolk Southern rows are Regional Engineer Structures (2018 to 2020), Assistant Division Engineer Bridges (2015 to 2018) and Bridge Supervisor (2013 to 2015).
Stephen Hawkins
LinkedInExperience: Director Advanced Train Control Systems and Operations · Norfolk Southern
Stephen Hawkins has been Director Advanced Train Control Systems and Operations at Norfolk Southern since June 2023, based in Atlanta, and also holds Senior Manager Advanced Train Control Systems Engineering and Safety and Advanced Train Control Senior Systems Engineer rows there. Stephen Hawkins was Advanced Train Control Electronic Engineer at Norfolk Southern (2013 to 2016).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's discipline and region, such as bridges, track, train control or software, to the question you need answered. Check when each role started to judge how current the person's view of the railroad's engineering work is.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you change first when you took on your engineering leadership role at Norfolk Southern, and why?
- 02How do you set priorities between maintenance work and capital projects in your area?
- 03What has your own work taught you about keeping engineering work safe while trains keep running?
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