Liz (Elizabeth) Morris

Current

Owner at ME2 Railroad Services, LLC
Operation Stimulus Committee Member at Denver Transportation Club - Operation Stimulus

Past

Volunteer at Dale Carnegie Training
Director at OmniTRAX, Inc
Manager Analysis & Closing at BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)

Manager Carload Equipment at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Manager Financial Planning & Analysis at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Manager Budgets at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Analyst Corporate Development at Burlington Northern Railroad
Analyst Operations Planning at Burlington Northern Railroad

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Education

Dale Carnegie Training
Dale Carnegie Training
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

University of Colorado at Boulder

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Industry

Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

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Liz (Elizabeth) Morris’s Summary

I have 16 years experience in the railroad industry covering a wide spectrum of areas and departments. I just recently established ME2 Railroad Services, LLC to assist shortline railroads and other companies associated with the railroad industry. I can help you with management consulting, budgeting, business planning, data analysis, car hire analysis and support, and demurrage reconcilliation.

* Strong knowledge base in Car Hire and Car Hire rules
* Diversified railroad experience in car hire, finance, information systems, operations, & marketing,
*Effective Communication at all management levels
*Expert with Excel, Word and other Microsoft office products.
*Motivated
*Analytical
*Creative
*Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
*Enthusiastic
*Energetic

Find out more of how I can help companies in and related to the railroad industry at my website http://www.me2rr.com

Liz (Elizabeth) Morris’s Specialties:

Broad understanding of the railroad industry from class 1 and class 3 perspecitve. I understand one of the more obscure areas of railroading known as "car hire" and have worked with it since 1999. I have extensive contacts in the industry within this specialized niche.

Liz (Elizabeth) Morris’s Experience

Owner

ME2 Railroad Services, LLC

(Privately Held; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

April 2008 — Present (6 months)

ME2 Railroad Services, LLC is a new company specializing in providing services to shortline railroads and their customers.

We target providing you the same quality services that the Class 1's have without their large expense. Services provided include car hire support, car hire analysis, data analysis, demurrage invoice reconciliation and other related services for shortlne railroads.

http://www.me2rr.com
Operation Stimulus Committee Member

Denver Transportation Club - Operation Stimulus

(Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

2003 — Present (5 years)

Operation Stimulus is an annual conference held in Denver, CO at the end of January / beginning of February every year. We target education in logistics, supply chain, transportation, and all other areas in the industry. All proceeds from the conference go towards scholarships to college students with logistics & supply chain degree plans. Having participated in the conference and planning off and on since 1992, I have been a committee member since 2003.

For more information, please go to www.denvertransportation.org
Volunteer

Dale Carnegie Training

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

1996 — 2008 (12 years)

Volunteer class assistant for the Dale Carnegie Course assisting the instructor by providing example talks, notes, assisting class members, answering questions, and helping to contribute to the smooth flow of 11 classes averaging 20 - 40 students each.
Director

OmniTRAX, Inc

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

November 2005 — March 2008 (2 years 5 months)

* Responsible for the reconciliation, payment, and management of over $4.4 million annually in car hire and car hire claims and all revenue generated by 17 shortline railroads across the US and Canada utilizing the software provided by Railcar Management, LLC.
• Coordinated the consolidation of AR billing of 15 railroads, switching services, and land leases to Denver.
• Reduced outstanding Car Hire payable aging by over $1.5 million spanning 4 years due other railroads.
• Improved reporting and information to railroad management by providing reports and tools necessary to manage expenses and reduce on-line inventory.
• Created tools to manage over $1.2 million annually in railcar leases and predict potential expenses based on actual car movement data.
• Participated in ongoing efforts between the Carlton Trail Railway Company and the Canadian National Railway to improve and enhance the Service Integration Agreement providing critical support with revenue and car hire expertise.
Manager Analysis & Closing

BNSF Railway (Burlington Northern Santa Fe)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; bni; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

2003 — November 2005 (2 years)

- responsible for forecasting and planning over 30 balance sheet accounts as well as the Marketing Support budget
- Participating in major project reengineering multiple manual processes into an automated system integrating forecasting and posting into the general ledger of car hire data, equipment leases, and other manual accrual processes ultimately resulting in a time savings of over 80 hours per month.
- Participated as the project lead to further enhance the development of the Marketing Equipment Expense Tool linking previously independent systems leading to initial first year car hire savings of over $100,000 with additional future potential savings.
Manager Carload Equipment

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BNI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

1999 — 2003 (4 years)

Managed & monitored $300 million annual carload car hire and lease budget
Improved equipment lease invoicing process through automation
Created automated travel & entertainment reports for marketing vice presidents.
Manager Financial Planning & Analysis

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BNI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

1998 — 1999 (1 year)

Created ad hoc reports, analysis, profit & loss statements, presentations for Industrial Products Marketing
Monitored $100 million revenue forecast
Manager Budgets

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BNI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

- Managed annual regional local & yard budgets of over $274 million
- Managed annual through freight crew budgets of over $850 million
- Redesigned train crew forecasting process to link geographic locations with volume forecast via database and macros.
Analyst Corporate Development

Burlington Northern Railroad

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BNI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

1994 — 1995 (1 year)
Analyst Operations Planning

Burlington Northern Railroad

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BNI; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

June 1992 — 1993 (1 year)

Liz (Elizabeth) Morris’s Education

Dale Carnegie Training

Dale Carnegie Leadership Training for Managers 2000 — 2000
Dale Carnegie Training

Dale Carnegie Course 1996 — 1996
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business

MBA, Transportation, 1990 — 1992
University of Colorado at Boulder

BA, Environmental, Population, Organismic Biology, 1982 — 1986