William Crosbie (engineer)

William Crosbie is a Canadian engineer and transportation planner.[1][2][3]

For other people named William Crosbie, see William Crosbie (disambiguation)

Background

Crosbie holds an honors bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and a master's degree in security studies (homeland security and defense) from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.[4]

Career

Crosbie began his career with the Canadian Pacific Railway, where he worked for six years, designing and commissioning railway signal and communication systems in Canada and the United States.[4] He began working at Amtrak in 2002, was interim president in 2008, and became chief operating officer until the position was eliminated in 2010.[5][6] He then worked for Parsons Corporation[7][8] and thereafter as CEO for SYSTRA.[9] He was appointed Executive Director of New Jersey Transit in April 2016,[10][11][12] but ultimately did not take up the position.[13][14]

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See also

References
  1. Andrew Tangel and Joseph De Avila (2 April 2016). "NJ Transit to Name Former Amtrak Official as Next Executive Director". WSJ. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  2. "Ex-Amtrak official to head NJ Transit, report says". NJ.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  3. CHRISTOPHER MAAG. "Former Amtrak operations chief to be named new executive director of NJ Transit". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  4. "William Crosbie". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  5. Crosbie, William (November 17, 2008). "Letter from William Crosbie" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. "Amtrak terminates William Crosbie, chief operating officer; abolishes position". TrainsMag.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  7. William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief. "Crosbie new Parsons Railroad Programs VP". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. "William Crosbie Joins Parsons as Vice President of Railroad Programs and Deputy Sector Manager". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  9. "William (Bill) Crosbie joins SYSTRA as CEO of the US". SYSTRA. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  10. "NJ TRANSIT BOARD SELECTS WILLIAM "BILL" CROSBIE AS AGENCY'S NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. April 6, 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  11. HIggs, Larry (April 5, 2016). "Ex-Amtrak executive named new NJ Transit boss". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  12. "Ex-Amtrak Executive to Lead New Jersey Transit". The New York Times. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
  13. "Newly approved NJ Transit boss decides not to take job". NJ.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  14. "Was this the real reason new NJ Transit boss walked away from job?". NJ.com. Retrieved 26 October 2017.


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