ryder system inc (R:New York)

Executive Profile*

Background*

Mr. Gregory T. Swienton, Greg has been an Advisor of Ryder System, Inc. since May 3, 2013. Mr. Swienton served as the Chief Executive Officer at Ryder System, Inc. from November 1, 2000 to December 31, 2012. Mr. Swienton served as the President of Ryder System, Inc. from joining in June 1999 to June 2005 and its Chief Operating Officer from June 1999 to November 2000. Prior to Ryder, he served as a Senior Vice President of growth initiatives at Burlington Northern Santa ... Fe Corporation (BNSF). He held senior positions with BNSF and the former Burlington Northern Railroad from 1994 to 1999, and various executive and management positions with DHL Worldwide Express from 1982 to 1994. He served as BNSF’s Senior Vice President of the Coal and Agricultural Commodities business unit. He joined the Burlington Northern Railroad in June 1994 as an Executive Vice President of its Intermodal business unit and served as its Senior Vice President of its Industrial business since September 1995. Mr. Swienton served as an Executive Director of Europe and Africa for DHL Worldwide Express in Brussels, Belgium since 1991. From 1988 to 1990, he served as DHL’s Managing Director of Western and Eastern Europe, located in Brussels. He served as a Vice President and General Manager of DHL Airways, Inc., for four years. Mr. Swienton has held various positions, including sales, marketing and national account management with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Chicago and AT&T in Chicago and Minneapolis. He served as an Executive Chairman of Ryder System, Inc. from January 1, 2013 to May 3, 2013 and served as its Chairman of the Board from May 3, 2002 to January 1, 2013 and served as its Executive Director from June 1999 to May 3, 2013. He has been a Director of Harris Corp. since February 2000 and Lennox International, Inc. since December 10, 2010. Mr. Swienton serves as a Director of U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as a Member of the board of directors at Harris Corp., a communications equipment company based in Melbourne, Florida. He serves as the Chairman of the board of trustees at St. Thomas University in Miami. A recognized source of information and insights on industry and economic trends, Mr. Swienton has been a frequent guest on financial market oriented programming of Bloomberg TV, CNBC and CNN, which in 2003 named him a Lou Dobbs Tonight Chief Executive Officer of the Week. In 2002, he became the first transportation industry executive to be awarded the National Safety Council’s highest honor – The Green Cross for Safety medal – in recognition of his career-long commitment to workplace safety. Mr. Swienton earned his MBA with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Chicago and a BBA degree in Marketing from Chicago’s Loyola University.

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