Cubic Welcomes Jannet Walker Ford as Vice President and General Manager of Eastern Region, Americas
February 23 2017 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Walker Ford to add extensive public and private
sector transportation industry experience to Cubic Transportation
Systems’ executive management team
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic
Corporation (NYSE:CUB), today announced that transportation
executive Jannet Walker Ford will join as vice president and
general manager of Eastern Region, Americas effective March 6.
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Jannet Walker Ford, vice president and
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“Jannet brings a wealth of expertise from the private and public
sector focusing on transportation systems, and is known for her
visionary and goal-oriented leadership style,” said Matt Cole,
president of Cubic Transportation Systems. “We are excited to have
Jannet on our team where she will oversee delivery of our current
projects, operations and new business capture in the Eastern
region.”
The Eastern region includes Miami where the EASY Card revenue
management system has become a major Cubic project, which recently
expanded under a $33 million contract for upgrades to cloud-based
services supporting mobile- and open-payment technologies. The
region also includes Georgia where Cubic supports Atlanta’s Breeze
smart card-based regional fare collection system and continues to
provide maintenance services for the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid
Transit Authority (MARTA).
Other customers include the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit
Authority, Maryland Transit Administration as well as Autoridad de
Transporte Intregrado and Metropolitan Bus Authority, the primary
rail and bus public transport operators in Puerto Rico.
Prior to joining Cubic, Walker Ford was vice president and North
America director of strategic programs and policy for Parsons
Corporation. Previously, she was deputy program director for the
Philadelphia International Airport’s multimillion-dollar,
multi-year Capacity Enhancement Program – which at the time was the
largest such program in the United States. She also oversaw the
design and installation of the Breeze system as both deputy chief
executive officer and deputy general manager as well as chief
information officer for MARTA.
Walker Ford has held leadership roles in transit organizations
including the American Public Transportation Association, Women’s
Transportation Seminar and Conference of Minority Transportation
Officials. In 2012, she received the Professional Achievement
Technology Award for Industry from the Women of Color’s Science,
Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Conference.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates and operates systems,
products and services focused in the transportation, defense
training and secure communications markets. Cubic Transportation
Systems is a leading integrator of payment and information
technology and services to create intelligent travel solutions for
transportation authorities and operators. Cubic Global Defense is a
leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based
training solutions, special operations and intelligence for the
U.S. and allied forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides networked
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense,
intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit the company's website
at www.cubic.com or on Twitter @CubicCorp.
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