Joe Gioe Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

President & CEO of the Indiana Rail Road Company

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Inspired and developed 650 non-agreement leaders in creating a culture of commitment for a unionized front line workforce of 8,300 in a safety sensitive environment. Delivered industry best safety improvements for Class 1 railroads in 2023 including Main Line accident rate. Delivered best ever safety composite performance for transportation team (Reportable Injury rate, Reportable train accident rate, Serious Injury rate, Track Authority Incidents) in Q3 / Q4 2023 and YTD 2024. Achieved best ever composite service score / crew productivity combination including Intermodal Service, Merchandise On Time Delivery, AAR Train Speed, AAR Dwell).Role Highlights: - Process establishment matched with effective accountability achieved improved composite service performance in Norfolk Southern in multi-year comparisons; 8% increase in Intermodal train performance, 20% improvement in terminal dwell, 16% improvement in train speed, 31% improvement in shipment trip plan compliance.- 2024 YTD; 20 year best in export coal production at Lambert's Point Coal Pier (Transportation Function) averaging over 650 cars dumped per day. - 2024 YTD; 25% (5 year best) reduction in overtime spend in spite of multiple 4%+general wage increases

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Appointed to build Performance Excellence Team that will prioritize and solve the most pressing operational challenges, support smart growth, and drive safe, consistent delivery of balanced strategic objectives. Achieved 118% improvement in train inventory consistency, quality, and accuracy; developing and imbedding an intra-terminal execution process; and created a system plan adherence scorecard to facilitate improvement; 96% carload trip plan adherence (31% improvement), 93% work event compliance (22% improvement). Established Precision Build Planning methodology now utilized network wide at 57 production terminals.Role Highlights: - Instilled 100% 24-36 hour production planning compliance across 50+ production terminals, 3.7% reduction in total people starts (Yard, Local, and Thru Train).- Solved for enterprise wide consistency challenges around train consist accuracy (47% improvement), inventory & pipeline management, and production facility utilization

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Led matrix of enterprise improvement initiatives including commercial data, customer logistics, field operations, network operations, resource balancing, and FP&A elements. Role Highlights: • Microsoft PowerApps rolled out to 1200 unique users for transparency and accountability across NPO, NOC, and Field Operations.• Collaborated across disciplines on intra-terminal execution process and created a system plan adherence scorecard to facilitate improvement; Precision Build Planning methodology network wide at 57 production terminals (98% daily compliance)• Defined and lead facilitator of Service Maximization Team (MAX) leading cross departmental Kaizen events. o 96% carload trip plan adherence (31% improvement), 93% work event compliance (22% improvement). Value stream mapping of 57 major production terminals across operating discipline work scope; foundation for Q2 2023 success• Network Wide Conversion to Microsoft Project including departmental training including PowerBi KPIs dashboard establishment.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Led strategic planning for rail car procurement, merchandise terminal capacity, and new business reviews. Head of service plan design, first/last mile continuous improvement, technology, and rail-controlled fleet equipment utilization for all network merchandise and automotive traffic.Role Highlights include: - Converted real time business intelligence into 20%+ improvement in car placements for center beam railcars, steel gondola cars, boxcars, and grain single cars. - Led cross-functional marketing, field operations, and service design team through Plastic Storage in Transit (SIT) forecast tool implementation that drove 1M+ YOY reduction in unproductive car-miles for Gulf plastic commodities production.

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Founding leader of Transportation Continuous Improvement Team and Lead Technical Trainer for merchandise network planning tools. Reported to the Chief Operating Officer and provided strategic direction to five Directors.Role Highlights include: - Improved top 25terminal production composite performance (Dwell, Train size, Origin Performance, Schedule Deviation, Cost per Car produced) by 24% (based on volume) against previous best composite and quality performance. Highlights of 35 production facilities of improvement include: Belen, NM; increased mainline throughput 17%. Lincoln, NE: improved rail car turnover by 22%, reducing dwell by 52%, increasing on time performance by 71%. Tulsa, OK; achieved sub-19 hour car dwell, 75% reduction in traindelays for terminal congestion. - Implemented continuous improvement methodologies to reduce New Business Review (NBR) decision times from 31 days in 2020 to seven days in 2021, generating 31% more NBRs processed.

Fort Worth, Texas

South Region Director of Merchandise Service DesignRole Highlight: • Appointed by CEO to lead Merchandise Consistency Team development and implementation of regional best practices. Spearheaded hump terminal daily improvements: 19% reduction in cars left behind; 15% reduction in out-of-route car-miles; 10% increase in cars produced, 24% increase in train length while reducing system terminal dwell by 8%.

Fort Worth, Texas

Galesburg, Illinois

Lacrosse, Wi

Newton/Wichita/Hutchinson

Kansas City, Kansas

Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City, Iowa

Alliance, Nebraska

Powder River, Wyoming

Springfield, Missouri Area

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Organizational Leadership, 3.89

English Language And Literature/Letters