KCS hires one, promotes another
Written by jrood
Kansas City Southern has appointed Larry Haskell as assistant vice president IT operations and transportation systems and promoted Michelle Kelly from director to assistant vice president compensation and benefits. "We are pleased that Larry has joined KCS' IT organization," said Carl Harrison, KCS vice president information technology. "He is a versatile IT leader with expertise in quality assurance and operations management programs." Haskell joins KCS from ActioNet Inc., where he served as the national program quality manager for an enterprise IT program within the FAA since 2009. He also spent three years with Ultra Electronics Airport Systems, Inc. as vice president of operations for the Americas and six years with American Century Investments in various IT leadership roles. "In her short time with the company, Michelle has already made marked improvements in our employee compensation and benefits processes and programs and provides critical expertise and leadership to our team of human resources professionals," said John E. Derry, senior vice president human resources. Kelly has 25 years of human resources experience in the railroad, healthcare, manufacturing, utility and retail industries. She joined KCS in 2008 from John Knox Village, where she spent four years.
