Ice named President, BNSF Railway Company
Written by jrood
BNSF Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Matt Rose today announced the promotion of Carl Ice to the newly-created position of president and chief operating officer of BNSF Railway Company, with responsibility for operations, marketing and technology services.
Ice has served as BNSF
executive vice president and chief operations officer since December 2000.
Prior to this position, he served as senior vice president, operations, for The
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company beginning in June 1999.
In commenting on the
announcement, Rose said, "I want to personally congratulate Carl on his
well-earned promotion and recognize his many accomplishments and contributions
to BNSF and the rail industry. Our alignment and teamwork have been a hallmark
of BNSF’s success. This change marks the next step in our evolution and will
put BNSF in a position to lead the rail industry through the next decade."
Ice began his career in
the railroad industry with Santa Fe Railway in the industrial engineering
department in 1979. He later held positions in operations, finance and information
systems. In 1992, Ice was named vice president, administration. He became vice
president, carload business unit, in January 1994 and was named vice president,
executive, in July of the same year. In January 1996, he was appointed vice
president and chief mechanical officer. Ice became vice president, operations
North, in January 1999 and was promoted to senior vice president, operations,
in June 1999.
Ice has a bachelor’s degree
in Industrial Engineering from Kansas State University. He currently serves as
a board member for the Transportation Technology Center, Inc., and the Salvation
Army (Dallas-Fort Worth). He is a trustee of the Kansas State University
Foundation, as well as past chairman of the Kansas State University College of
Engineering Advisory Council.
