Gregory “Greg” T. Grissom, P.E.

President

Greg has nineteen years of experience in various roles related to railroad design, rail technology applications, and railway engineering research. Mr. Grissom serves as the President of Georgetown Rail Equipment Company.  Formerly, the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Customer Delivery, overseeing Operations, Sales/Marketing and Engineering/R&D. In previous roles, Greg was HNTB's Union Pacific Client Service Leader and Project Manager on several key rail design projects including several high speed rail initiatives. Greg also served at Zeta-Tech Associates, where he was involved in numerous rail research projects, field studies, and software applications for the rail industry. Greg is formerly Chairman of AREMA Committee 30, Ties, and is a licensed professional engineer in four states: Illinois, Wisconsin, New Jersey, and Texas. He holds a Bachelors and Masters in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware where he studied railway engineering under the late Dr. Arnold Kerr. In 2013, Grissom was named one of Progressive Railroading’s “rising stars,” recognizing 20 top performers under 40 years of age with notable contributions to the rail industry.

Nathan “Nate” C. Bachman

Vice President of Marketing & Sales

Nate Bachman is the Vice President of Marketing and Sales since October 2014. Prior to that he served as VP Operations since January of 2010. Mr. Bachman joined Georgetown Rail Equipment Company in 2007 as Market Development Manager and was promoted to Service Planning Director in 2008. Previously, he was sales and account executive from 1999 to 2007 with Alltel Communications Products and Polycom, a manufacturer of wireless and conferencing technology. Mr. Bachman was employed with Norfolk Southern Railway from 1998 to 1999, a class 1 railroad company. He holds a B.A. in Public Relations and a Master Degree from Texas A&M in Industrial Distribution.

In September 2016 Mr. Bachman was elected to serve on the REMSA Board of Directors. REMSA, the Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association is a nonprofit membership-based organization located in Washington, D.C., that represents and promotes companies and individuals who manufacture or sell products and/or services in the railroad maintenance of way industry.

Jeffrey Stone

Vice President of Safety and Operations

Mr. Stone is the Vice President of Operations of Georgetown Rail Equipment Company, and has been the Vice President of Operations and Safety since 2010. Mr. Stone joined Georgetown Rail Equipment Company in 1996 and has held numerous positions within the Company which include: Dump Train Operator, Slot Train operator, Service Planner and Director Mechanical and Safety. Prior to joining GREX he worked at Georgetown Railroad in mechanical and DumpTrain departments. Mr. Stone also serves on the board for the local school district in his community.