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Evan King Named 'Rising Star' by Progressive Railroading Magazine

May 6, 2022 – Add “Rising Star” to Evan King’s growing list of accomplishments during his 11-year career at CSX.

Evan is among 25 people under the age of 40 recognized by Progressive Railroading as Rising Stars in the North American rail industry for making significant contributions early in their careers.

As a senior business analyst in CSX Technology, Evan has been a trailblazer in the development and implementation of the CSX Enterprise Events platform, which synthesizes the huge volume of event data generated on the railroad to provide insight and improve operations. His work has added value to key initiatives such as CSX’s Operations Portal, positive train control, gross ton miles and work order automation. The Enterprise Events platform will be increasingly leveraged as a solution for legacy systems modernization and future business value creation.

A graduate of the Florida State University College of Business, Evan joined the company as a Customer Service management trainee in 2010 and was promoted to assistant manager of Customer Operations in 2011. He continued gaining experience in as assistant manager of Performance Improvement and Customer Experience technical manager before joining the Technology team as a Business Analyst in 2016.

Adopting advanced technology is a key element of CSX’s business strategy, and leaders like Evan have moved the company to the forefront of the industry in using data to improve operating performance and customer service.

Evan will be profiled online at progressiverailroading.com over the summer and featured with the other 2022 Rising Stars in the magazine’s September issue.

Click here to view the listing of 2022 Progressive Railroading Rising Star honorees.