New Chief for Amtrak

September 11th 2006

New Chief for Amtrak

Alexander Kummant has been appointed President and CEO of Amtrak. Mr Kummant previously served as a Regional Vice President of the Union Pacific Railroad, with 6,000 staff and an 8,000-mile rail network to look after. Most recently, Mr Kummant served as the Executive Vice President of Komatsu America Corporation, a division of the second largest supplier of construction equipment worldwide. Alexander Kummant joined the railway aged 18 in Lorain,Ohio, as a track worker for the Lake Terminal Railroad. ‘Alex Kummant has the outstanding credentials and experience to lead a changing Amtrak that is more customer-focused and fiscally responsible,’ said Amtrak Chairman David M.Laney. Kummant succeeds David J. Hughes who held the job on a temporary basis following the sudden departure of David Gunn. A native of Ohio, Kummant holds a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Case Western Reserve University, a Master’s degree in manufacturing engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.B.A. from Stanford University. He is married to Kathleen Regan Kummant, a former senior executive with the Santa Fe and BNSF railroads.

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