(Kansas City Southern issued the following news release on August 8.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern announced today that Theodore Prince has been named vice president sales and marketing intermodal and international business unit, effective September 1. His primary responsibility will be development of intermodal business in KCS’ International Intermodal Corridor. Michael J. Smith, vice president sales and marketing automotive business unit, will focus exclusively on developing KCS’ emerging automotive business.
“Intermodal and automotive are both significant growth opportunities for our company, especially as we develop the International Intermodal Corridor between Lazaro Cardenas and the southeastern U.S.,” said Daniel W. Avramovich, KCS executive vice president sales and marketing. “It made sense to split the intermodal and automotive business unit into two areas of concentration, taking advantage of Ted’s nearly 30 years of diverse intermodal expertise and Michael’s nearly 20 years of transportation and automotive experience.”
Mr. Prince joins KCS from Optimization Alternatives Ltd., Inc., where he has served as senior vice president marketing and sales. For more than a decade, he held a variety of senior level operating positions with “K” Line America, Inc., including senior vice president and chief operating officer. Prior to that, he spent nine years with Consolidated Rail Corporation in a variety of positions throughout its intermodal organization. Currently, he serves on the board of directors of the Intermodal Association of North America and the University of Denver’s Intermodal Transportation Institute. He is also a member of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Marine Transportation System National Advisory Council. He is a frequent guest speaker at universities and industry events and a regularly published author on the transportation industry.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS’ North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.