Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 4, 2003
TRACY A. LEINBACH is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer of Ryder System, Inc., a leading transportation and supply chain
management solutions company headquartered in Miami, Florida. In this
position, she is responsible for the corporation's financial management
functions, including financial planning, accounting, corporate finance,
treasury, bank relations, tax, investor relations, pension fund
management, and strategic sourcing, including fuel and
RyderFleetProducts.com. She also serves as a member of the company's
Leadership Team. Prior to this appointment, Ms. Leinbach was the
Executive Vice President of Fleet Management Solutions, where she was
responsible for Ryder's Field Operations, Asset Management, Used Truck
Sales, Maintenance, Fleet Management Solutions and Sales and Marketing
efforts at the local, national and global levels. Ms. Leinbach joined
Ryder's financial planning department in 1985 as a Staff Analyst. She
served as Controller of several Ryder business units before her
promotion to Vice President of Finance for Ryder Temperature Controlled
Carriage in 1988. Later that year, Ms. Leinbach became Assistant
Controller of Ryder Integrated Logistics. In 1990, she was appointed
Director of Financial Planning for Ryder Transportation Services, an
assignment she held until 1991, when she became Director of Finance and
Administration. In 1993, she was elected Vice President ' Finance of
Ryder Transportation Services. In 1996, she was elected Senior Vice
President of Purchasing & Asset Management for Ryder Transportation
Services. In January 1997, she was elected Senior Vice President of
Business Services for Ryder Transportation Services. In 1998, Ms.
Leinbach was elected Chief Financial Officer for Ryder Transportation
Services. In this position, she also had responsibility for the Ryder
Business Services Center. In January 1999, she was elected Managing
Director of Ryder plc, the company's operating unit in the United
Kingdom. Ms. Leinbach holds a Master of Business Administration degree
from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Business
Administration degree in Accounting from the College of William and
Mary. Profile
Gregory T. Swienton is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ryder System, Inc., a Fortune 500 transportation and supply chain management solutions company. Mr. Swienton joined Ryder in June 1999 as President and Chief Operating Officer, a position he held until becoming President and CEO in November 2000. A Member of Ryder's board of directors since June 1999, Mr. Swienton was named its Chairman in May 2002. Before joining Ryder, he was Senior Vice President-Growth Initiatives at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation and also had served as the company's Senior Vice President of the coal and agricultural commodities business unit. Mr. Swienton joined the former Burlington Northern railroad in June 1994 as Executive Vice President of its intermodal business unit and became Senior Vice President of its industrial business unit when Burlington Northern Santa Fe was formed in September 1995. Before joining Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Mr. Swienton was Executive Director of Europe and Africa for DHL Worldwide Express, a position he held from 1991 until joining Burlington Northern. From 1988 to 1990, he was DHL's Managing Director of Western and Eastern Europe. He also served four years as Vice President and General Manager of DHL Airways, Inc. Mr. Swienton has held various positions with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company in Chicago and AT&T in Chicago and Minneapolis. In 2002, Mr. Swienton was awarded the National Safety Council's The Green Cross for Safety medal. He is a member of the board of directors of Harris Corp., a communications equipment company, and Lennox International, Inc., a provider of climate control solutions. He is also Chairman of the board of trustees of St. Thomas University in Miami. Mr. Swienton has been a frequent guest on financial market-oriented programming of major media including Fox Business Network, BBC, Bloomberg TV, CNBC and CNN, which in 2003 named him CEO of the Week. He earned his MBA with an emphasis in finance from The University of Chicago and a BBA degree in marketing from Loyola University Chicago. Profile
Mr. Swienton: Ryder is a business-to-business company with three main
business segments. The first segment is our long-standing
