Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. has promoted Joe Parsons from general manager to president and chief executive officer, responsible for day-to-day operations of the Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS). Parsond will oversee the transportation, engineering, mechanical and administration departments.
Parsons joined IAIS in 2013 as chief operating officer. In 2017, he was promoted to general manager.
Parsons had more than 10 years of railroad management experience at Class I and short line railroads when he joined IAIS. He began his railroad management career with Norfolk Southern in the transportation department, working in various locations before being promoted to terminal superintendent in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In 2011, Parsons was named assistant general manager for the Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad, where he later served as general manager.
Parsons earned a bachelor’s degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business.