Management Team

Theodore W. Baun has been our Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales since September 1, 2008.
Mr. Baun first joined us in 1994 and has held roles of increasing responsibility in operations, marketing and sales. From 2003 to 2005, he was Director of Sales at Mitsui Rail Capital, a railcar leasing and services company, after which he returned to FreightCar America. He has been the leader of our sales team since November 2007.

Terrence G. Heidkamp has served as our Senior Vice President, Operations since October 3, 2011. He joined us from GATX Corporation where he spent 21 years serving in key leadership roles, including Vice President of Operations for GATX’s rail leasing business and Vice President of Government Affairs and Regulatory Compliance. Prior to his employment at GATX Corporation, Terrence served in financial leadership roles at Pullman Leasing Company.

Michael MacMahon assumed the role of Vice President, Business Development and Strategy in January 2010. Michael joined FreightCar America, Inc. in 2005 as a Controller in the Company’s finance organization. Subsequent to this assignment, he went on to hold positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, product and commercial program management and international sales. Most recently, he served as the Company’s Vice President of Marketing and International Sales. Earlier in his career, he served in financial leadership roles of increasing responsibility with Kinder Morgan, Inc. He began his career as an Economist with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Thomas McCarthy has served as our senior vice president since June 2007.  Tom was previously employed by GE Rail Services, serving most recently as their Sr. Vice President of Human Resources.  Tom has an extensive background in both Human Resources and Labor Relations.

Joseph E. McNeely has been our Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since September 2010. He joined us from Mitsui Rail Capital, LLC, a subsidiary of Mitsui and Company, where he served as Vice President. While working for Mitsui, Joe focused his efforts on business development and improving asset utilization. Previously, he held positions at GATX Corporation, including Vice President Finance for GATX Rail and Vice President Finance and IT for GATX Terminals Corporation. Joe is a C.P.A. and prior to joining GATX, he spent 12 years at Arthur Andersen, LLP.

Laurence M. Trusdell has served as our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since June 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Trusdell was Vice President, Law and Corporate Secretary of W.W. Grainger, Inc., an international distributor of maintenance, repair and operating supplies, having joined Grainger as Associate General Counsel in 2004. He was an independent legal consultant in 2003-2004 and Vice President–General Counsel and Secretary of Videojet Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of variable data printing and coding products and accessories, from 1997 to 2003. He previously served in the North American legal group of The General Electric Company p.l.c. of London, England and practiced corporate law at the Chicago law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt.

Edward J. Whalen was appointed as our President and Chief Executive Officer on December 18, 2009
and has served as a director since that date. Previously, he served as our Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales, from December 2004 to September 2008. He also served as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales, for our subsidiaries from 1991 to December 2004. In 1991, Mr. Whalen was a member of the group of investors that acquired the Company from Bethlehem Steel. Prior to that, Mr. Whalen was President of Pullman Leasing Company, a railcar leasing business, after serving in various finance positions for Pullman Leasing Company, including Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Mr. Whalen originally joined Pullman, Inc., the parent of Pullman Leasing Company, in 1972.