Smemoe to CIO/VP-IT at Railinc

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
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Joan Smemoe

Railinc Corp. has promoted Joan Smemoe to Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President of Information Technology, effective June 11. She will be responsible for Railinc’s data, product development and information systems platforms.

Smemoe currently serves on Railinc’s executive management team and will report to Allen West, president and CEO, in her new position. She joined Railinc in 2006 as a senior software engineer and has served as a project development manager, senior manager and director of application engineering and director of project management. Smemoe provided technology leadership for important product initiatives, including the AskRail mobile application, the Gateway Operations Services program and the Component Registry,” Railinc said.

Prior to joining Railinc, Smemoe worked as a senior Java developer at shelter Mutual Insurance Co. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

“I’m honored to lead our team of highly skilled technologists,” Smemoe said. “At Railinc, we do important, meaningful work in service to the freight rail industry. With powerful, new technological innovations at our disposal, it’s an exciting time to be in a role like this.”

“Strong leadership in the CIO role is essential to our ability to serve the freight rail industry and to our success as a technology company,” West said. “For more than a decade, Joan has helped to shape Railinc technologies that are critical to daily freight rail operations. We’re fortunate to have a leader with her technology and industry expertise and deep knowledge of our products become CIO.”

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