RailRunner: Executive Management
Charles T. Foskett
President and Chief Executive Officer
An experienced entrepreneur in regulated and de-regulated industries. Founder of two companies in the public marketplace: Digilab, now a unit of Bio-Rad Laboratories and Natural MicroSystems, a public telecommunications company listed on NASDAQ with a revenue rate of $160 million and a market capitalization which has surpassed $2 billion.
Wolfgang Graaff
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Graaff spent more than 25 years in the rail car, trailer, and container manufacturing business in Germany before moving to the United States in 1998. Graaff GmbH grew from a USD 80 million to a USD 250 million company while he served as successively, general manager and CEO. He was executive vice president for Trailmobile Trailer LLC of Northbrook, IL, and CEO of Contrail International, Inc. a consulting firm located in Chicago.
Michael W. DiLuigi
Vice President, Operations
Mr. DiLuigi has more than 20 years’ experience in engineering, manufacturing, and operations management, from Pullman Standard to Trinity Industries.
Matthew Whiten
Controller and Compliance Officer
Mr. Whiten has broad expertise in consulting and auditing functions for large organizations, public and private.
Kevin Erasmus
Director of Business Development
Mr. Erasmus began his career in his native South Africa and joined Kar-Tainer International (Pty) Ltd., of Johannesburg in 1997. Kar-Tainer provides manufacturing, marketing and design services to the Axis Group, its corporate parent. At Kar-Tainer he was responsible for the company’s business development in South Africa and South Asia. Mr. Erasmus moved to the Axis Group at corporate headquarters in Decatur, GA, in 2000, where he served as senior director of operations and product development for the Kar-Tainer unit. From 2004 to 2006 he served in a design engineer role at Cottrell Trailers, Gainesville, GA, the largest manufacturer of car-hauler trailers in the United States.