Lisa Stabler is elected as TTCI’s new President

Pueblo, Colo. The Transportation Technology Center, Inc. (TTCI) Board of Directors elected Lisa Stabler yesterday as TTCI’s new President, effective October 7, 2011. Mrs. Stabler will succeed Roy A. Allen, who will retire this October.

Mrs. Stabler has been TTCI’s Vice President of Operations and Training since arriving from the BNSF Railway, where she was Assistant Vice President of Quality and Reliability Engineering. While at BNSF Railway, she chaired the Advanced Technology Safety Initiative Program, the industry‐wide initiative that redefined the way that freight car maintenance is performed. She was also Director of Marketing, Planning and Administration at Delphi Corporation in Dayton, Ohio.

Mrs. Stabler holds a Master in Science Degree in Mathematics from Wright State University and a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Dayton. She is certified by American Society for Quality as a Quality Manager, Quality Engineer, Reliability Engineer, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Mr. Allen will retire with 40 years of service in the rail industry. During his distinguished career, he rose in ranks from Senior Engineer at the Transportation Test Center (TTC) to Manager of Association of American Railroads (AAR) Applied Technology Division for the R&T Department in Chicago, to Assistant Vice President in charge of TTC, and to Vice President of AAR R&T Department in Washington, D.C. He will end his career as President of TTCI.

“Under Roy’s tremendous leadership, TTCI has become the gold standard for rail research and innovation around the world,” said AAR President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger. “Lisa brings tremendous talent and expertise — from both inside and outside of the rail industry — that will continue Roy’s legacy of advancing technology that enables rail to be the safest, most efficient and productive way to move freight and people.”

Mr. Allen led the successful consolidation of all R&T Department activities to TTC, which led to the formation of TTCI. He is a previous chairman and board member of the International Heavy Haul Association and World Congress on Railway Research.