John Cummings

About John Cummings

Senior transportation professional with 20+ years’ progressive and multifaceted experience in the railroad industry and advanced expertise in cross-functional team leadership, rapid incident response, and project and operational management. Offers a career history of increasing accountability matched with exceptional performance, along with expert skill in coordinating with diverse internal and external stakeholders, assessing and addressing mission critical problems, and achieving strict compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements. Brings demonstrable success and achievement in strategic planning and execution, optimal resource allocation, health-and-safety management, operational performance and an in-depth technical engineering background. After joining CP as a co-op student, he rose through the ranks in recognition of his: Strong work ethicProfessional disciplineSense of urgencyCommitment to professional growthSince 2006, he has assumed successive roles in oversight of railway engineering, maintenance, operations, project management, and incident response, including the positions of Division Engineer, Director of Track, Chief Engineer, and General Manager.The keys to John\'s success are his ability to motivate and challenge a team to deliver a solid performance, through an empowering and communicative management style, commitment to promoting safety and productivity, and talent for clearly and effectively communicating expectations and requirements.He has been consistently well respected for his outstanding skill in developing long-term A-Z fixes to technical and operational problems rather than relying on band-aid solutions. At the same time, his thorough understanding of the “nuts and bolts” aspects of railway transportation has made him a go-to resource in the railroad industry.

Experience

1. Vice President and Senior Team Leader Rail

   Olsson

   Nov 2023 — Present

Education

• Western University

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Mechanical Engineering

  2006

Skills

• Labor Relations
• Transportation
• Railway
• Precision Railroading
• Rail Transport
• Capital Projects
• Site Inspections
• Project Management
• Autocad
• Incident Handling
• Capital Project Planning
• Project Planning
• Training Delivery
• Railway Systems
• Rail Safety
• Transportation Engineering
• Team Leadership
• Regulatory Affairs
• Railway Systems, Railway Signaling, Rail Operations, Heavy Rail, Rail Safety, Me
• Project Portfolio Management
• Mechanical Inspection
• Heavy Rail
• Management
• Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Strategic Thinking
• Employee Training
• Operations Management
• Railway Signalling
• Budget Process
• Transportation Management
• Regulatory Requirements
• Rail
• Incident Command
• Budget Monitoring
• Project Engineering
• Rapid Response
• Logistics
• Strategic Leadership