CN announces departure of Michael Foster as executive vice-president and chief information and technology officer
November 19 2019 - 6:59AM
CN (TSX: CNR)(NYSE: CNI) announced that Michael Foster, executive
vice-president and chief information and technology officer is
leaving the company on November 29, 2019. Michael is leaving for
personal reasons, moving back to the United States, to be close to
where his family is located and to pursue other career
opportunities.
CN has announced that Rob Reilly, executive
vice-president and chief operating officer, will assume interim
responsibility for the company’s Information and Technology
function, while the company carries out a global search for a chief
information and technology officer.
“On behalf of the Board of Directors and CN, I
would like to thank Michael for his contribution and dedication
over the last two years at CN. He has been responsible for leading
CN’s digital transformation and important technological advances
such as Positive Train Control, and other key innovation
initiatives that are now well advanced. Michael leaves a strong
team in place,” said JJ Ruest, president and chief executive
officer at CN.
Rob gained extensive leadership and innovation
experience in rail operations and field application of rail
technologies at another Class I railway, making him the right
executive to lead the company’s information and technology group
during this transition. He will continue to deliver on operational
excellence and the implementation of advanced information
technologies as a driver for safety, customer and shareholder value
and the company’s strategy to enhance its scheduled railroading
model.
CN is a true backbone of the economy
transporting more than C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a
wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to
manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network of
approximately 20,000 route-miles spanning Canada and mid-America.
CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating
railway subsidiaries – serves the cities and ports of Vancouver,
Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile,
Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg,
Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis.,
and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North
America. For more information about CN, visit the Company’s website
at www.cn.ca.
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