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10 Union Pacific IT leaders
These ten people hold or have held IT leadership roles at Union Pacific Railroad, from an assistant vice president of IT to general directors, senior directors and directors across applications, infrastructure, IT operations and technology strategy. A reader can learn how these IT leaders lead technology organizations at Union Pacific.
Professionals to explore
01—10Angela Reinders
LinkedInExperience: Technology Director · Union Pacific Railroad
Technology Director at Union Pacific Railroad since October 2014, and former Technology Manager at Union Pacific Railroad (2012–2014). The profile describes technology solution implementations that include both in-house developed and vendor provided applications across mainframe, client server and web platforms. Former Technology Officer at FNBO (2001–2012).
Ashok Fichadia
LinkedInExperience: Assistant Vice President - IT · Union Pacific Railroad
Assistant Vice President - IT at Union Pacific Railroad since 2012; the profile says the role covers identifying, marketing and commercializing transportation-specific technologies, leading applications development for customer facing applications, and developing and supporting back office and corporate systems such as HR, Finance and Law. Former Director at Union Pacific Railroad (2002–2006).
Brent Queck
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Tech Operations (Command Center) · Union Pacific Railroad
Senior Director - Tech Operations (Command Center) at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2021, a role the profile headline gives as Senior Director - Technology Operations (Command Center). Former Director IT Operations (2018–2021), Sr. Manager - IT Operations (2017–2018) and Manager - IT Operations (2013–2017) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Grant Novak
LinkedInExperience: General Director, IT · Union Pacific Railroad
General Director, IT at Union Pacific Railroad since March 2017; the profile lists areas such as collaboration, call center and voice technologies, DevOps and IT change management, and Windows client and server operating systems. Former Director, SAP Technology (2010–2017) and Sr Manager, SAP Infrastructure (2007–2010) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Jesse Knutsen
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - IT · Union Pacific Railroad
Senior Director - IT at Union Pacific Railroad since October 2018; the profile says the role leads a team of engineers and developers responsible for enterprise application hosting platforms. Former Director - Voice Systems (2018) and Senior Manager - Voice Automation (2013–2018) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Matt Hall
LinkedInExperience: Director IT · Union Pacific Railroad
Director IT at Union Pacific Railroad since June 2012, a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department that the profile places in Omaha, Nebraska and connects to distributed messaging. Former Sr. Systems Engineer at Union Pacific Railroad (2004–2012).
Megan Teske
LinkedInExperience: Director of Tech Strategic Operations · Union Pacific Railroad
Director of Tech Strategic Operations at Union Pacific Railroad since August 2025; the profile says the role leads day-to-day operations across vendor management, strategic messaging and reporting for Union Pacific's technology organization. Former Associate Project Analyst at Union Pacific Railroad (2016–2025).
Sarah Campie
LinkedInExperience: General Director Data Center Engineering · Union Pacific Railroad
Former General Director Data Center Engineering at Union Pacific Railroad (2018–2021), and General Director Platforms at Union Pacific Railroad since 2021. Former Director Server Planning, Network Web Infrastructure, Java Hosting, and Enterprise Monitoring (2017–2018) and Director Network Design, Voice Systems, and Server Infrastructure (2016–2017) at Union Pacific Railroad.
Stacy Wellman
LinkedInExperience: Director, Information Technologies · Union Pacific Railroad
Former Director, Information Technologies at Union Pacific Railroad (2006–2022), a Director-level role in the Engineering and Technical department. General Director at Union Pacific Railroad since 2020, and former Software Development Manager at Oriental Trading Company, Inc. (1998–2006).
Steven Knudsen
LinkedInExperience: Sr. IT Director - Positive Train Control (PTC) · Union Pacific Railroad
Former Sr. IT Director - Positive Train Control (PTC) at Union Pacific Railroad (2014–2019); the profile describes the role as Sr. Director of Positive Train Control (PTC) Software and Infrastructure Development, working with offshore and onshore contracted developers and employees. Former Director of IT Architecture at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2000–2003).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Union Pacific decide which systems to build in-house and which to buy from vendors?
- 02How are infrastructure and hosting changes planned so that railroad operations are not disrupted?
- 03What does a technology vendor need to show to win work with Union Pacific's IT organization?
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