Watco appoints three to new positions
Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editorWatco Transportation Services (WTS) appointed Jason Cathey to safety director. He will be responsible for managing the Safety Department Training and QA programs, assisting with incident reporting and statistics record keeping and leading WTS safety initiatives supporting safe work practices among WTS locations.
Cathey began his railroad career 19 years ago with the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific (UP) as a brakeman/conductor. During his time with the UP, he was promoted to engineer, road foreman of engines and terminal manager. Other railroad positions he has held in his railroad career were with RailAmerica as senior trainmaster on the San Joaquin Valley Railroad, as well as operations manager at two of Genesee & Wyoming’s locations. Most recently, Jason served as the general manager at the Louisiana Southern Railroad and as the incident reconstruction specialist with Watco Safety.
Watco Terminal & Port Services appointed Raul Garcia to terminal manger at its Pecos, Texas, facility. In this role, Garcia will be responsible for driving a cultural continuous improvement mindset with an intensive focus on safety and operational efficiencies. He will also drive high quality customer service, ensuring targeted profitability and supporting the overall attainment of expected performance goals.
Garcia joined the Watco team in February of 2014 and served as a crew supervisor. Prior to joining Watco, he worked for Applied Research Associates as facility manager and unexploded ordnance technician in Pecos.
Wato Mechanical Services (WMS) appointed Greg Garza to regional director of quality assurance. In this role, he will report to a member of the Mechanical Service Quality Assurance Team. In this role, Garza is responsible for directing, evaluating, managing and advancing the WMS Quality Assurance program at locations in Region 2, 3, and 4 in geographical areas encompassing the East and South.
Garza brings a wealth of experience that spans more than 30 years. Prior to joining Watco, he most recently was a project manager at Hewlett Packard where he was tasked with development of eight key software diagnostic tools.