JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US — Mike Cory has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer at CSX Corp.

A seasoned railroad executive with more than 40 years of operations experience, Cory most recently was executive vice president and COO at Canadian National Railway. He has provided transportation consulting services since retiring from CN in 2019.

Cory began his career in 1981 as a laborer in the CN locomotive shops in Winnipeg, Canada. He subsequently rose through the ranks as a superintendent, general superintendent, director of service design, network operations superintendent and general manager of operations for the Michigan sub-region. He also held customer service and marketing positions. Beginning in 2006, he took on a series of senior leadership roles, including vice president of network operations, senior vice president of the Eastern region and senior vice president for the Western region. He was named executive vice president and COO in 2016.

“Mike Cory is one of the rail industry’s leading operations executives, respected for his wealth of operations knowledge and his success as a leader who understands the customers we serve and has a deep appreciation for the employees who provide that service,” said Joe Hinrichs, president and chief executive officer. “Mike’s reputation as a career railroader, devoted to process improvement, team building and employee development within the principles of scheduled railroading will help CSX continue to achieve new levels of safety, service and operating efficiency.”