Paul comes to the ACWR after 27 years in the concrete and construction materials industry as both a sales and marketing representative as well as a transportation coordinator. Paul attended Catawba College where he earned his bachelor’s degree and later attended Pfeiffer University and received his master’s in business administration. Paul brings a shipper’s mentality to the ACWR which offers our customers and prospective customers an added consultative advantage. Paul has extensive experience in working with the Class I railroads and looks forward to sharing his knowledge and experience with you.

Nick joined the ACWR with over 20 years of experience in Third Party Logistics Ownership and Operations. He has a passion for Industrial Real Estate and increasing the services available to customers through development. Nick manages the corridor and real estate holdings of the ACWR. Nick is a graduate of UNC Charlotte, where he received a Bachelors in History in 2001, and a Masters in Liberal Studies and Applied Ethics in 2007.

He began his Railroad career in 1986 at the Mid Atlantic Railroad in Chadbourn N.C. Having been in Train Service as a locomotive engineer, he worked his way up to Chief Mechanical Officer. In 1989, he took a job opportunity to work with Railtex at the Georgia South Western where he was responsible for the locomotive and freight car fleet. Then in 1992, he was transferred to the North Carolina & Virginia Properties, where he took care of The Chesapeake and Albemarle Railway and the Virginia Southern railway. In 2005, Dale spearheaded a maintenance contract for the BNSF Railway under Omnitrax, and later became their Chief Mechanical Officer for all OmniTrax railroads in the U.S.

He began his railroad career in 1990 at the North Carolina & Virginia Railroad as an Engineer/Conductor for RailTex. In 1994, Ed attended the University of Tennessee and received his certification as a FRA Certified Track Inspector. In 1995, Ed accepted the position as Train Master at the Virginia Southern Railroad in Keysville, Virginia, for RailTex. Also, in 1995, Ed received his certificate for DSLE training and in 1998 received his certificate of completion for Hazardous Material Operations in Pueblo, Colorado.

After graduating Magna Cum Laude with a BS in Business Management at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Jennifer worked for a prominent commercial real estate firm in Charlotte for 3 years. After getting a strong understanding of the commercial and industrial sector, she moved back to Pinehurst to begin her railroad career beginning as Director of Marketing and Sales.

Anthony re-joined the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway after working as a management consultant at Ernst & Young’s (EY) Supply Chain & Operations practice. He has a passion for helping companies improve logistics, transportation, warehousing, and inventory management processes.

He acquired the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in 1987 from the Aberdeen & Briarpatch Railway. He has had a lifelong interest in the transportation industry. He began his undergraduate studies in transportation at Arizona State University. He continued on to receive a graduate degree in transportation and logistics at Michigan State University. Bob then taught transportation at Murray State University in Kentucky as well as Tri-State University in Indiana.