Orris named executive vice president - operations and distribution services for Southern Pacific Lines.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 6, 1995--Donald C. Orris, executive vice president - distribution services since 1990, has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president - operations and distribution services for Southern Pacific Lines, Edward L. Moyers, chairman and chief executive officer announced. The new position combines responsibility for the operating departments -- Transportation, Mechanical and Engineering -- with the sales and marketing functions. "Bringing together the two line organizations at Southern Pacific under strong leadership will ensure that the entire organization enhances the focus on our customers necessary to deliver the service we are committed to provide," Moyers said. "Don Orris' experience building service-driven organizations will strengthen SP's total company commitment to its customers." Orris, 53, is a native of Omaha, Neb., and received his bachelor's degree from Denver University in 1964. He began his railroad railroad or railway, form of transportation most commonly consisting of steel rails, called tracks, on which freight cars, passenger cars, and other rolling stock are drawn by one locomotive or more. career with the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad (AAR reporting marks DRG and DRGW), generally referred to as the Rio Grande, became the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1962 and held various transportation and commercial positions during his 15 years there, becoming manager - Intermodal in 1972. Orris joined American President Lines American President Lines Ltd. (now simply referred to as APL) is the world's sixth largest container transportation and shipping company, providing services to more than 140 countries through a network combining intermodal freight transport operations with IT and e-commerce. in 1977 as director - Inland Transportation and was named vice president - Intermodal in 1981. He became president of American President
One of Orris' major achievements at APL (A Programming Language) A high-level mathematical programming language noted for its brevity and matrix generation capabilities. Developed by Kenneth Iverson in the mid-1960s, it runs on micros to mainframes and is often used to develop mathematical models. was the development of the double-stack train, an important element of intermodal container transportation. He joined Southern Pacific in 1990. The appointment is effective Jan. 5. Reporting to Orris in his new position will be the chief transportation, mechanical and engineering officers and the heads of the sales, marketing, intermodal, customer service and equipment groups. Southern Pacific Lines operates a 15,000 mile rail system in 15 states and serves major West Coast and Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico Golfo de Mexico Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east ports, and Mexico through six gateways. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Photo available upon request. CONTACT: Southern Pacific Lines, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden
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