Marc Buncher is the President and CEO of Siemens Mobility North America.
Key topics in this conversation include:
- Why rail plays a key role in improving transportation in the coming years
- The path to widespread transit rail in the US by 2030
- Improvements for freight rail
- The potential for hydrogen fuel cells and electrification
- Accessibility for transit rail
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Links:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-buncher-6a711622/
- Siemens Mobility: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us/en.html
- HSR: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us/en/trends/high-speed-rail-in-us.html
- Hydrogen: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/global/en/portfolio/rail/rolling-stock/commuter-and-regional-trains/mireo/mireo-plus-h.html#:~:text=The%20hydrogen%20fleet%20will%20be,term%20of%20the%20transport%20contract.
- Signalling: https://www.mobility.siemens.com/us/en/portfolio/rail/automation/signaling-on-board-and-crossing-products.html
Bio
Marc Buncher is the President and CEO of Siemens Mobility North America. With more than 4,000 employees and more than 30 facilities across the United States and Canada. Buncher is responsible for overseeing the company’s growth within the region. This includes the leadership of five business segments: rolling stock, rail signaling and electrification, turnkey projects, maintenance and aftermarket parts and software solutions.
Under Buncher’s leadership, the organization has seen tremendous gains in growth and market share. This includes the largest order in the company’s 160 years it’s been doing business within the U.S., with a $2.4 billion contract from Amtrak to design, manufacture and technically support the new Amtrak Airo fleet. It also includes a recent announcement of a $220 million investment into a new east coast rail manufacturing and service hub in Lexington, Carolina.
Buncher has spent the last 30 years of his career serving the rail and transit industry. He has built up an extensive background of rail and transit acquisitions.
About Siemens Mobility, North America
Siemens Mobility is a separately managed company of Siemens AG. As a leader in transport solutions for more than 175 years, Siemens Mobility is constantly innovating its portfolio. Its core areas include rolling stock, rail automation and electrification, a comprehensive software portfolio, turnkey systems as well as related services. With digital products and solutions, Siemens Mobility is enabling mobility operators worldwide to make infrastructure intelligent, increase value sustainably over the entire lifecycle, enhance passenger experience and guarantee availability. In fiscal year 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022, Siemens Mobility posted revenue of €9.7 billion and had around 38,200 employees worldwide.
For more than 160 years, Siemens has been an integral provider of infrastructure, electrification, and transportation solutions in the United States. From the first light rail vehicles that were delivered to San Diego, California to the 30,000 rail crossings across America, Siemens Mobility has contributed to the power of connection, jobs and investment to our American cities with eight manufacturing facilities, nearly 4,000 employees, and more than 2,000 suppliers across the United States.
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