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SEARS is excited to return to Savannah, GA, for our 2025 Spring Meeting March 12 – 13, 2025, at The DeSoto Hotel.
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Thank you to all that attended, supported and volunteered to make SEARS 2023 Fall Meeting the most attended meeting in SEARS history.
SEARS 2023 Fall Meeting Details. Presentations & Contact Information
Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Chris Spiceland was named Vice President, Marketing and Sales of Regional-Rail LLC in April, 2020. He and the commercial team are responsible for maintaining and developing business on all the 16 short line railroads under the Regional-Rail umbrella, including the Carolina...
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Consultant and Special Projects
David Sellers is representing The Greenbrier Company in his role as Consultant and Special Projects. In this position, he works on some of the leading-edge projects that Greenbrier is working on. He retired previously from his role as AVP Automotive...
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General Manager of RailPulse
RailPulse was formed by a coalition of forward-thinking railcar owners, dedicated to developing, broadening and accelerating the use of GPS and other telematics technologies on railcars that aim to increase service, safety, efficiency, and visibility across North America’s freight rail...
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Vice President, KBX Logistics
Eric Monger leads the asset services business at KBX Logistics, which procures and manages over 20,000 railcars, trailers, containers, and barges for many of the Koch, Inc. affiliated companies and 3PL customers. Eric began his career in the railroad industry...
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Partner
John Hardin is a partner in Manning Fulton’s government relations practice and co-chairs the practice area. John represents clients before the North Carolina General Assembly, state agencies, local governments and several federal agencies. John and the government relations team represent...
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CEO North America at Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
Keynote Speaker - US Short Line Presentation Michael Miller is G&W’s CEO, ensuring safe and efficient service for customers in 43 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces. He previously served as G&W’s Chief Commercial Officer for eight years and...
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Consultant / Contractor
In 2022 Paddy O’Neill retired from Norfolk Southern where he served in Strategic Planning, Operations Plannings and Equipment Planning roles. As Assistant Vice President Fleet Planning and Optimization he managed railcar distribution and served on several committees. Following his retirement...
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Director of Economic and Business Development, North Carolina Railroad
Patrick Pierce currently serves as the Director of Economic and Business Development at the North Carolina Railroad Company. In this role, he leads initiatives to drive economic growth and business development across the state, working to maximize the railroad’s potential...
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Senior Data Scientist at Railinc
North American Railcar Fleet Update Responsible for modeling complex business problems, discovering business insights and identifying opportunities using appropriate statistical, algorithmic, mining and visualization techniques. Proficient at integrating and preparing large, varied datasets, and communicating results and recommendations to...
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Motivational Speaker and NBA Legend
Muggsy Bogues Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues was born on January 9, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up with his 3 siblings in the Lafayette Public housing projects of the city’s east side. During Muggsy’s junior and senior years at Dunbar...
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Director Of Business Development at Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway
Paul Hoben is the Director of Business Development for the Aberdeen Carolina and Western Railway. Paul was asked to bring his relationship and team-building talent to the ACWR to expand their service offerings, increase their economic development impact, and help...
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Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Union Pacific Railroad
Rahul Jalali was appointed senior vice president and chief information officer in November 2020 and promoted to executive vice president in June 2023. In this position, Jalali serves as the organization's technology thought leader, ensuring Union Pacific has a...
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Vice President - Industrial Products at BNSF Railway
Keynote Speaker - Western Class 1 Presentation Ryan Dreier serves as vice president, Industrial Products. He leads the marketing and sales teams supporting BNSF’s carload customers within the construction and building products, food & beverage, dimensional and chemicals...
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Analyst/Consultant at ABH Consulting
ABH Consulting Tony Hatch has been a senior transportation analyst on Wall Street for over twenty years, starting at Salomon brothers; proceeding to Argus, Painewebber, and most recently at NatWest Markets (USA) prior to starting his independent analyst/consultantcy in 1999...
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