Norfolk Southern Corporation Claimed Company

Norfolk Southern Corp is one of the nation's premier transportation companies. NS is a Fortune 300 and a 2017 Forbes America's Best Employers Top 100 Company. read more

EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 465

TOTAL RATINGS: 6807

CEO: James Squires

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Fredric M. Ehlers — VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation

Executive Bio

Mr. Fredric M. Ehlers has been Chief Information Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation since October 3, 2017. Mr. Ehlers served as Vice President of Information Technology at Norfolk Southern Corporation from November 1, 2013 to October 3, 2017. Mr. Ehlers served as the Vice President of Network and Service Management at Norfolk Southern Corp. since June 1, 2007. Mr. Ehlers joined Norfolk Southern in 1985 as a management trainee. He served in a number of transportation positions before being named director transportation planning and operations systems in 1999 and Assistant Vice President Executive in 2004. He serves as Director of Railinc Corp. Mr. Ehlers earned earned an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and an MBA from Queens College, Charlotte, N.C.

VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer Impact on IT Department's Culture

Fredric M. Ehlers holds the highest position within the IT department at Norfolk Southern Corporation — VP of Information Technology & Chief Information Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the IT department. The average employee described daily life within the IT department as a Moderately paced and not challenging 8 hour day.

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Executive Team Culture Ratings from Norfolk Southern Corporation Employees

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Norfolk Southern Corporation's Executive Team scores in the Bottom 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

17% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Tenure - 1 to 2 Years 90/100

Department - IT 73/100

Experience - Entry Level 53/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Ethnicity - Native American 25/100

Department - Operations 28/100

Experience - 6 to 10 Years 30/100

Norfolk Southern Corporation's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 410 ratings, Norfolk Southern Corporation's employees are less satisfied with their Executive Team and give them a “F” or 33/100. On average, Women provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Men. Also, the IT department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Operations department.

Norfolk Southern Corporation's Executive Team ranks in the Bottom 5% of other companies in Virginia Beach, VA and Bottom 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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