Reading and Northern Railroad on March 14, 2016, announced the appointment of Rian J. Nemeroff, CTL as Vice President - Forest Products. He will be responsible for managing the forest products business at the Reading & Northern, a market segment that comprises over a third of the railroad’s business. He will report to Wayne Michel, President of the railroad.
Nemeroff joins Reading & Northern from Housatonic Transportation Company where he was Vice President Marketing and Sales responsible for the Housatonic Railroad, the lumber reload, Shepaug Distribution and support for Housatonic Logistics. He was with the Housatonic for over sixteen years. Prior to the Housatonic, Nemeroff worked for Conrail in the Forest Products and Short Line Marketing groups. Before joining the railroad industry he worked in the paper industry for International Paper Company and the Scott Paper Company.
In announcing the hiring Michel said, “We are excited to have Rian join our team. Our Forest Products business is critical to our long-term success and Rian has the experience of working with these customers from both a short line and Class I railroad perspective as well as being an employee of two major forest products companies. I worked with Rian at Conrail in the short line group and I learned to admire his hard work, tenacity and dedication to his customers. He will be invaluable in helping us to grow our business.”
Nemeroff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Logistics from Penn State and a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from Widener University. Additionally, he has been certified by the American Society of Transportation and Logistics, Inc.