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10 Norfolk Southern operations leaders
These ten people hold or have held executive vice president, senior vice president, vice president, senior director and director operations roles at Norfolk Southern, including its chief operating officer and leaders of train, intermodal, locomotive and mechanical operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in rail transportation companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brad Carper
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Intermodal & Automotive Terminal Operations · Norfolk Southern
Senior Director Intermodal & Automotive Terminal Operations at Norfolk Southern since August 2026, and Director Infrastructure, Capacity & Efficiency - Network Design and Optimization there since April 2026. Other Norfolk Southern roles include Director Operations Excellence, Intermodal and Automotive Operations (2024–2025) and Director, Intermodal & Automotive Terminal Operations (2022–2024).
Brian Yeager
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Mechanical Operations & Support · Norfolk Southern
Senior Director Mechanical Operations & Support at Norfolk Southern since October 2025, based in Atlanta, Georgia according to the profile. Other Norfolk Southern roles listed are Director Advanced Technology & Train Reliability (2024–2025), Manager Digital Train Inspection (2023–2024) and Engineer Mechanical Operations (2021–2023).
Cappi Seidl
LinkedInExperience: Director Train Operations · Norfolk Southern
Director Train Operations at Norfolk Southern since December 2024, in the Network Operations Center according to the profile, and Director Train Operations there from 2021 to 2023. Other Norfolk Southern roles listed are Assistant Division Superintendent (two entries in 2024) and Director Performance Excellence (2023–2024).
Jimmy McKeehan
LinkedInExperience: Director Train Operations · Norfolk Southern
Director Train Operations at Norfolk Southern since May 2022, a role the source lists in the Operations department at director level. Other Norfolk Southern roles on the profile are General Superintendent Transportation (2021–2022) and Operations Superintendent, Southern Region,Network Operations Center (2018–2021).
John F. Orr
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer · Norfolk Southern
Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Norfolk Southern since March 2024; the profile says he leads the company's railway operations, including safety, transportation, network planning and operations, engineering, and equipment maintenance. Former Executive Vice President, Chief Transformation Officer at CPKC (2023–2024) and Executive Vice President Of Operations at Kansas City Southern (2021–2023).
Kevin Saunders
LinkedInExperience: Group Vice President - Intermodal Automotive Terminals and Equipment Operations · Norfolk Southern
Former Group Vice President - Intermodal Automotive Terminals and Equipment Operations at Norfolk Southern (2020–2023), and Group Vice President Intermodal Automotive Customer Logistics at Norfolk Southern since April 2023. Other Norfolk Southern roles listed are Assistant Vice President - Intermodal Automotive Planning, Customer Service (2018–2020) and Director Intermodal Marketing and Sales, Domestic and Premium (2014–2018).
Ryan Deen
LinkedInExperience: Director, Intermodal Operations Planning & Service Quality · Norfolk Southern
Director, Intermodal Operations Planning & Service Quality at Norfolk Southern since July 2025, based in Jacksonville, Florida. Former Senior Manager of Operation Planning and Network Design, CSX Intermodal Terminals at CSX (2021–2025) and former Manager, Intermodal Operations Coordination Center at CSX (2021).
Ryan Stege
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Locomotive Operations & Maintenance · Norfolk Southern
Senior Director Locomotive Operations & Maintenance at Norfolk Southern since November 2023. Other Norfolk Southern roles on the profile are Director Locomotive Operations & Maintenance (2019–2024), Director Locomotive Maintenance (2017–2019), Manager Locomotive Shop - Roanoke (2015–2017) and Division Manager Mechanical Operations (2014–2015).
Timothy Livingston
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Vice President Operations · Norfolk Southern
Sr. Vice President Operations at Norfolk Southern since July 2024, a role the source lists in the Operations department at President/Vice President level. Former Vice President Operations Eastern Region - U.S. at CPKC (2023–2024), and former Vice President Transportation U.S. & Mexico (2021–2023) and General Manager Network Operations U.S. & Mexico (2017–2021) at Kansas City Southern.
Will DeShazor
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Intermodal & Automotive Operations · Norfolk Southern
Vice President Intermodal & Automotive Operations at Norfolk Southern since August 2026. Other Norfolk Southern roles on the profile are AVP Network Optimization (2025–2026), Assistant Vice President Terminal Operations (2022–2025), Assistant General Manager Operations Efficiency (2021–2022) and Director of System Operational Performance (2020–2021).
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Match the person's area to your question, since train operations, intermodal terminals, locomotive maintenance and network-wide planning are run by different teams. Check each person's dates so you know whether their Norfolk Southern experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a freight railroad balance safety, service and efficiency targets across its operating divisions?
- 02What does it take to run intermodal and automotive terminals so they keep pace with the train schedule?
- 03How should locomotive and mechanical maintenance teams plan work to keep equipment available for the network?
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