CSX hires BP executive as new chief digital and technology officer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – CSX Transportation has hired Steve Fortune, a longtime BP executive, to be its government vice president and chief digital and technology officer.

“We are happy to announce the appointment of Steve Fortune and welcome him to CSX’s govt management workforce. CSX is centered on growing by way of innovation and getting a leader in the transportation marketplace. Steve’s superb management and specialized knowledge that he obtained throughout his 3-10 years tenure at BP will be priceless as we pursue our technique to generate sustainable advancement at CSX,” CEO Jim Foote reported in a Friday press release.

Fortune will direct electronic and engineering operations and organizing for the railroad, with a focus on applying what the railroad called “transformative systems.”

Fortune was main details officer of the global BP Group and previously held chief information and facts officer positions for BP’s Upstream oil and fuel enterprise as perfectly as regional models of the electricity business.

Fortune is a graduate of the CIO of the Future software at Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley. He earned his bachelor’s diploma in chemical engineering from Loughborough University in England.