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Lisa Stabler to succeed Roy Allen as TTCI President

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

The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) board of directors has appointed Lisa Stabler as TTCI’s new President, effective Oct. 7, 2011. Stabler will succeed Roy A. Allen, who will retire this October.

lisa-stabler.jpgStabler has been TTCI’s Vice President of Operations and Training since arriving from BNSF Railway, where she was Assistant Vice President of Quality and Reliability Engineering. While at BNSF, she chaired the ATSI (Advanced Technology Safety Initiative) program, the Association of American Railroads-sponsored industry‐wide initiative “that redefined the way that freight car maintenance is performed,” TTCI said in announcing her appointment. Stabler was also Director of Marketing, Planning, and Administration at Delphi Corporation in Dayton, Ohio.

Stabler holds a Master’s in Science in Mathematics from Wright State University and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Dayton. She is certified by the American Society for Quality as a Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Reliability Engineer, and Six Sigma Black Belt.

Roy Allen will retire with 40 years of service in the rail industry. During his career, he rose in the ranks from Senior Engineer at the Transportation Test Center (TTC) to Manager of the AAR Applied Technology Division for the R&T Department in Chicago, Assistant Vice President in charge of TTC, and to Vice President of the AAR R&T Department in Washington, D.C. Allen led the successful consolidation of all R&T Department activities to TTC, which led to the formation of TTCI. He is a previous chairman and board member of the International Heavy Haul Association and World Congress on Railway Research. Allen will conclude his career as President of TTCI.

“Under Roy’s tremendous leadership, TTCI has become the gold standard for rail research and innovation around the world,” said AAR President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger. “Lisa brings tremendous talent and expertise—from both inside and outside of the rail industry—that will continue Roy’s legacy of advancing technology that enables rail to be the safest, most efficient, and productive way to move freight and people.”

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