10 Wabtec engineering leaders
Stephen Passano, Vice President Dispatch Engineering at Wabtec Corporation, is one of ten Wabtec engineering leaders here, alongside people who hold senior director and director roles in engineering, software and design engineering, controls engineering and engineering operations. A reader can learn how engineering leaders work at Wabtec from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brett Badowski
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering Operations · Wabtec Corporation
Brett Badowski has been Director of Engineering Operations at Wabtec Corporation since January 2024. Brett Badowski was Director - Global Development Labs and Test Engineering at Wabtec Corporation from 2020 to 2024, Senior Test Development Engineering Manager there from 2018 to 2020, and Manager - Control Test Development Engineering at GE Transportation, a Wabtec company from 2014 to 2018.
Craig Green
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Craig Green has been Director Of Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since June 2017, based in Clairton, Pennsylvania. Craig Green was Onboard ATC Manager at Bombardier from 2011 to 2017 and held project engineer, functional engineering supervisor and senior engineer roles at Bombardier Transportation from 2005 to 2011.
Gerry Wagner
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director - Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Gerry Wagner has been Sr. Director - Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since June 2021, and held the roles PMO Leader - International Programs (2019 to 2022) and Senior Program Manager (2015 to 2022) there. Gerry Wagner was VP GM - Standard Product Group at Fairchild from 2011 to 2013, and describes broad international experience in project management, supply chain, operations and engineering.
Greg C. Tomek
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Greg C. Tomek has been Director of Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since June 2024. Greg C. Tomek was Engineering Projects Director (acting Operations Officer in US) at Merkur Innovation from 2021 to 2024, and held the roles Senior Program Manager (2020 to 2021) and Manufacturing Engineering Manager (2016 to 2020) at Rockfon North America.
Jackie Allison
LinkedInExperience: Director Software & Design Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Jackie Allison has been Director Software & Design Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since May 2026 and was Senior Software Engineering Manager there from 2023 to 2026. Jackie Allison was Program Manager at Northrop Grumman from 2022 to 2023, Software Engineering Manager there from 2021 to 2022, and Systems Engineering Manager from 2018 to 2021.
Jeff Kernwein
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Wabtec
Jeff Kernwein has been Director of Engineering at Wabtec since December 2011, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a role the profile lists as current. Jeff Kernwein was Product Line Manager at Wabtec from 2005 to 2011 and Design Engineer there from 2002 to 2005, so each of the three roles shown is at Wabtec.
Kevin Brown
LinkedInExperience: Director of Engineering · Wabtec Passenger Transit
Kevin Brown has been Director of Engineering at Wabtec Passenger Transit since September 2024, and the profile headline reads Director of Engineering, Brakes and Couplers North America. Kevin Brown was Brake Products Engineering Manager at Wabtec Passenger Transit from 2017 to 2024 and Product Manager - Pneumatics/Air Generation & Treatment there from 2014 to 2017.
Mark Disch
LinkedInExperience: Director, Controls Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Mark Disch has been Director, Controls Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since April 2020. Mark Disch was Product Manager - Next Gen Technology and Investments at Wabtec Corporation from 2019 to 2020, Product Manager - Locomotive Controls at GE Transportation, a Wabtec company from 2015 to 2019, and Controls Product Line Manager at GE Power from 2012 to 2015.
Stephen Passano
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Dispatch Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Stephen Passano has been Vice President Dispatch Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since June 2025, a vice-president-level engineering role, and was Director Engineering at Wabtec Corporation from December 2014 to July 2025. Stephen Passano also held the role Director, Engineering at Rockwell Collins at Collins Aerospace from 2015 to 2018.
Yun Wang, Ph.D.
LinkedInExperience: Director Of Engineering · Wabtec Corporation
Yun Wang has been Director Of Engineering at Wabtec Corporation since January 2022. Yun Wang was Engineering Manager (Electric Drive Mining Trucks) at Caterpillar Inc. from 2014 to 2021 and Engineering Manager (Mechanical Design) there from 2011 to 2014, and describes experience in product development, product launch and product management.
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- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current engineering role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which product requirements to build in-house and which to source from suppliers?
- 03What has your own work taught you about testing and validating new equipment?
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