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Bill Jones TTX

Intermodal Equipment Manager

Bill Jones attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for Undergrad, earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Communication. Shortly after graduating from the U of I Bill began his career at TTX Company in the Automotive Department as a Logistics Coordinator, responsible for communications with Toyota and Chrysler on empty railcar supply. While working in the Automotive Department Bill attended Benedictine University to pursue an MBA with a concentration in Operations Management and Logistics.

After three years in the automotive group Bill was promoted to Assistant Manager in the General Equipment group, responsible for boxcars, gondolas, and military chain flats as well as being the Pool Manager for the North American Boxcar Pool. Bill was later promoted to Manager of General Equipment where he led a small team overseeing the daily distribution and customer support needs of TTX’s General Merchandise fleet which also included CenterBeams, Bulkheads, Heavy Duty Flats cars and misc. Flatcars.

Bill spent 7 years on the General Equipment team and has recently transitioned to TTX’s intermodal team where he is currently the Intermodal Equipment Manager, overseeing the weekly distribution of Intermodal Wells and assisting the railroads with any carmanagement issues that may arise.