Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> June 29, 2009
RICHARD J. JAROSINSKI was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
Portec Rail Products, Inc., in October 2006. Prior to this, he was a Group Vice
President, with management oversight responsibility over the company's largest
division, Railway Maintenance Products, along with oversight of Salient Systems
and Kelsan Technologies. Mr. Jarosinski began his career with Portec in 1975 as
a Design Engineer and has held various positions designing track machinery,
culminating as Manager of Engineering and Research and Development. He later
became Manager of Marketing, Sales and Service for nine years prior to being
appointed President of the RMP Division in 1997. Mr. Jarosinski is a Mechanical
Engineer and has been a registered Professional Engineer in the State of
Pennsylvania since 1979. He also has served as a Board Member of the REMSA
(Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association) trade association and is
a member of ASME and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr.
Jarosinski is also an active member of the Entrepreneurial Fellows Center Alumni
Association that is part of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the
University of Pitts Profile
Mr. Jarosinski: The company has been in existence for approximately 100
years, with five very strong product groups that
