Rail transportation
10 Union Pacific engineering leaders
These ten people hold or have held engineering leadership roles at Union Pacific Railroad, from vice presidents of engineering to general directors and directors in track, infrastructure, mechanical, locomotive and freight car engineering. A reader can learn how these engineering leaders build and run their teams at Union Pacific.
Professionals to explore
01—10Chad Rose
LinkedInExperience: General Director Engineering - Southern Region · Union Pacific Railroad
Former General Director Engineering - Southern Region (2020–2024) and General Director Engineering - Western Region (2016–2018) at Union Pacific Railroad. AVP Signal and Telecom at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2026, and former General Director Track Programs & Construction (2024–2026) and General Director Construction (2018–2020).
Eric Gehringer
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Of Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
Former Vice President Of Engineering (2018–2020) and Vice President of Engineering and Mechanical (2020–2021) at Union Pacific Railroad. Executive Vice President Of Operations at Union Pacific Railroad since January 2021; the profile says that role covers the railroad's operating plan and its Engineering, Locomotive and Mechanical departments.
Grace Olsen
LinkedInExperience: General Director Mechanical Engineering & Quality · Union Pacific Railroad
General Director Mechanical Engineering & Quality at Union Pacific Railroad since November 2023; the profile says the role leads the car and locomotive engineering groups. Former General Director Locomotive Engineering & Quality (2021–2023) and Director of Locomotive Engineering & Quality (2019–2021) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Jacob Gilsdorf
LinkedInExperience: AVP - Southern Region Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
AVP - Southern Region Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2024, a role the profile headline gives as Assistant Vice President - Southern Region Engineering. Former General Director Track Maintenance (2017–2024) and Director of Track Maintenance (2011–2017, listed as two consecutive rows) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Jason Cheney
LinkedInExperience: General Director Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
General Director Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2026, a Director-level role the profile places in Fort Worth, Texas, and Director Track Maintenance- Gulf Coast since 2024. Former Director Track Construction- Northern Region (2022–2024) and Director Track Programs- Northern Region (2020–2022) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Jason Fox
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director Locomotive Engineering & Quality · Union Pacific Railroad
Senior Director Locomotive Engineering & Quality at Union Pacific Railroad since 2022, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department, and Director of Mechanical Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad since 2015. Former Control Systems Reliability Engineer at Union Pacific Railroad (2011–2015).
Russell Rohlfs
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
Vice President of Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2023, a role the profile places in Omaha, Nebraska. Former AVP Engineering - Northern Region (2018–2023), AVP Engineering - Track Programs (2018) and General Director - Maintenance of Way (2015–2017) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Selva Karunakaran
LinkedInExperience: Director Freight Car Engineering and Reliability · Union Pacific Railroad
Director Freight Car Engineering and Reliability at Union Pacific Railroad since December 2019; the profile says the role develops and implements equipment risk mitigation strategies, uses advanced analytics to identify outlier equipment performance and acts as liaison with regulatory agencies on rail equipment regulations.
Stephen Ashmore
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President - Engineering Infrastructure · Union Pacific Railroad
Assistant Vice President - Engineering Infrastructure at Union Pacific Railroad since January 2024. Former General Director - Engineering Infrastructure (2020–2023), Senior Director - Engineering Standards and Capital Program (2018–2020) and Director Engineering - Ties and Roadbed (2017–2018) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Todd Wimmer
LinkedInExperience: General Director Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
General Director Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad since April 2018, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department. The profile also lists an AVP Engineering role at Union Pacific Railroad marked current, and places the person in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Union Pacific decide where to spend its track and infrastructure capital each year?
- 02How are engineering standards set centrally and applied by regional engineering teams?
- 03What does a supplier of rail equipment or materials need to show to be approved by Union Pacific engineering?
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