Mr. Tony Marquis, Senior Vice-President Operations, Eastern Region, Canadian Pacific Railway, has been confirmed as one of CARS keynote speakers for the National Railway Day Conference taking place on November 3rd, 2015, in Ottawa at the Chateau Laurier.

Tony joined the senior operations leadership team in June 2013.

Tony brings nearly 30 years of railway operating experience with him. After spending 25 years with Canadian National Railway

Company in various operating positions, Tony moved on as owner and President of Strategic Training Simulators Inc. STSI

designs, builds, and installs locomotive simulators, and provides computer based training in the railroad industry. Most recently

he successfully completed a corporate turn-around at Colombia-based coal railroad, Fenoco S.A.

As President and Chief Executive Officer, Tony reduced Fenoco S.A.’s operating costs per ton of coal by 24 per cent and

dramatically improved safety at the railroad in less than a year.