My 21 years of IT experience have all been within the transportation industry. Before joining the rail industry with CN, I started my carrier as a Telecom engineer in the air transportation industry with Royal Air Maroc (RAM), the Moroccan flag carrier airline. I joined RAM directly after graduating from the French Computer Science and Applied Mathematics university in Grenoble (INPG-ENSIMAG) with a master's degree in computer science. I strongly believe in continuous education and am always looking to learn more and push my limits. I completed multiple professional certifications including an Executive MBA from McGill University in Canada and a master's degree in air transport management from Aix-Marseille University in France.
I have always been passionate about the transportation industry and have become even more passionate about the North American rail industry since joining CN. I remember my first week at CN reading Harrison Hunter's ( then CN CEO) book How we work and why: Running a precision railroad, A truly inspiring book for any aspiring railroader!
The future of transportation lies in the power of connectivity, and telecommunications assets are essential for core operations to function
To run efficiently, securely, and safely, rail operations require highly reliable, available, and evolving telecommunication capabilities. Railways typically rely on Telecom Service Providers and their telecommunication networking solutions to satisfy business and customer needs. CN's unique geography and vast distances not serviced by Telecom Service Providers requires in-house Telecom capabilities to support current and future train operations.CN Telecom capabilities are achieved by running a complex CN telecommunication network including Fiber, Radio and Networking solutions, complemented by Telecom vendors' commercial solutions. CN is leveraging the linear right of way to deploy fiber optic for the transportation of high-volume corporate and rail applications data. Radio Access solutions complete connectivity needs across the CN network. CN relies on fiber, tower & right-of-way assets as critical infrastructure to deliver data and voice telecom connectivity to meet operational and corporate needs. This includes thousands of towers and an existing fiber footprint covering a significant portion of CN's network.
As CN accelerates its journey towards a digital organization, the need for connectivity is growing exponentially, driven by increasingly connected endpoints and bandwidth-intensive applications. Telecommunications assets (Towers, Fiber, Telecom Shelters, MPLS Core Network) are essential for core operations to function and are used, for example, to relay real-time information between locomotives, the wayside and the back office, in addition to allowing radio communications between crews and dispatching.
CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada's Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. South through an 18,600-mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship.
