March  17, 2005  at the UT-Dallas new School of Management building
5:00 pm - Reception with wine and light buffet
6:15 - 8:00 pm - Program presentation
Admission with $35 donation ($25 for MIT Club of DFW members, $10 for students) . 
For reservations call Mary Langford at 972-377-4554, or email to mitforum@juno.com

To register and pay by credit card. https://alum.mit.edu/s marTrans/public/Register.dyn? &groupID=337&eventID=1970  (Select "Other" for affiliation).

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Global Rail Systems: Bringing Railroads to Greater Safety and Profitability

Program

The MIT Enterprise Forum of Dallas/Fort Worth, Inc. in cooperation with the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) will present Global Rail Systems: Bringing Railroads to Greater Safety and Profitability at the The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) School of Management Building in the Executive Dining Room on March 176th. Registration and reception with light buffet will begin at 5 p.m., and the program will begin at 6:15 p.m. The price is a donation of $35 for general admittance, $25 for MIT Alumni/Alumnae, and $10 for students. For information and reservations, go to www.mitforum.com or call 972-377-4554. To register online and pay by credit card. https://alum.mit.edu/s marTrans/public/Register.dyn? &groupID=337&eventID=1970  (Select "Other" for affiliation).

Global Rail Systems' CEO, Brad Taylor, will tell the story of the Company's challenges in telling its unique story to railroads, investors, and transportation influencers. A panel of experts including a customer (Jeffrey McIntyre, AVP, BNSF Rail), an attorney (Marc Hubbard, Partner, Munsch, Hardt) and a Sales and Marketing experts (Phillip Patitsas, CEO, Velocity Sales Consulting and Mary Swensen, Swensen Communications) will comment on Global Rail's challenges. Neil Kaden (Principal Consultant, circleNK) will moderate.

Global Rail's wireless technology is making railroad operations safer and more profitable through its patented wireless technologies that can replace older, more expensive custom engineered solutions for the 19,0000,000 hand-thrown switches nationwide and 190,000 worldwide. A recent example of the inefficiency of hand-thrown switches was the railroad accident in Graniteville, South Carolina. These technologies constitute a potential $5 billion market.. A recent example of the inefficiency of hand-thrown switches was the recent railroad accident in Graniteville, South Carolina. The young company's growing list of customers are using three products including Global Rail's patent pending FAS-PAS product that is now installed in 30 locations.

In addition to its proprietary products, Global Rail has a set of complementary products in the YardMaster software solution, and SwitchMaster LB100 switch machine that enables them to provide wireless switch yard automation and safety equipment control. Both complementary products are currently in use in major railroads in the Americas and constitute a $2 billion market.