William Crosbie (engineer)
- For other people named William Crosbie, see William Crosbie (disambiguation)
William Crosbie is an engineer and transportation planner.[1][2][3]
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 6 years, designing and commissioning railway signal and communication systems in Canada and the United States.[4] He began working at at Amtrak in 2002, was interim president in 2008, and become 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]
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Ex-Amtrak official to head NJ Transit, report says". NJ.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ CHRISTOPHER MAAG. "Former Amtrak operations chief to be named new executive director of NJ Transit". NorthJersey.com. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ a b "William Crosbie". Bloomberg. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ Crosbie, William (November 17, 2008). "Letter from William Crosbie" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Amtrak terminates William Crosbie, chief operating officer; abolishes position". TrainsMag.com. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief. "Crosbie new Parsons Railroad Programs VP". Retrieved 5 April 2016.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "William Crosbie Joins Parsons as Vice President of Railroad Programs and Deputy Sector Manager". Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "William (Bill) Crosbie joins SYSTRA as CEO of the US". SYSTRA. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ HIggs, Larry (April 5, 2016). "Ex-Amtrak executive named new NJ Transit boss". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Ex-Amtrak Executive to Lead New Jersey Transit". The New York Times. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/04/new_nj_transit_boss_backs_out_of_job.html#incart_river_home_pop
- ^ http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2016/04/incoming_nj_transit_boss_withdrew_over_compensation_package_source_says.html#incart_river_home