SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Siemens
Transportation Systems, Inc. (STS) announced the appointment of Wayne S.
Williams and James R. Egnot as directors of marketing and business development
for the western states, and southern and midwestern states, respectively.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Egnot will be responsible for all primary customer
interface and key account management in their respective regions with all
transit, commuter, intercity and freight-rail customers across the entire
product spectrum of Siemens Transportation Systems, including signaling/train
control, telecommunications, electrification, rolling stock and turnkey
systems.
Wayne Williams comes to Siemens with over 25 years of experience in both
engineering and marketing and sales in the freight railroad and transit
industries. He was most recently affiliated with ALSTOM Transport as
director of business development-transit (USA), and also as vice president of
business development, western region for Parsons Transportation Group. Mr.
Williams' territory includes all states west of the Mississippi River.
James Egnot has joined STS as its director of marketing and business
development responsible for the southern and midwestern states. Mr. Egnot
brings 25 years of expertise in various aspects of train control systems, from
solid-state interlocking development to large-scale operations control center
project management, as well as the associated strategic and tactical
marketing. His last position was technology marketing leader for GE
Transportation Systems, Global Signaling. He has held senior management
positions at GE Harris Railway Electronics, Parsons Transportation Group, and
Union Switch and Signal.
"With their combined 50 years of experience in the rail industry, Jim and
Wayne are strong additions to our team," stated Mike Pracht, vice president of
marketing and business development. "Their expertise will allow STS to
broaden its market coverage and better serve both current and future
customers."
Siemens is the leading supplier of light rail vehicles in North America,
with some 700 rail vehicles in operation or on order. Its mass transit
vehicle manufacturing and assembly facilities are located in Sacramento and
Carson, California. Siemens is also a leading supplier of electrification,
signaling, and communications systems for mass transit and mainline
applications. Siemens maintains division headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Lake Oswego, Oregon; New York; and Sacramento. Worldwide, the Transportation
Systems Group (TS) of Siemens AG is a leading international supplier to the
railway industry. As single source supplier and system integrator, the Group
combines automation & power, rolling stock, turnkey systems, and integrated
services expertise to cover the complete spectrum of rail needs.
Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), headquartered in Munich, is a leading global
electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 people in 193
countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal
2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market with
nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more
information about Siemens in the U.S., go to http://www.usa.siemens.com .
SOURCE Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc.
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