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Prior to his current role, Mr. Fenton served as CEO of Metrolink, the nation’s third largest heavy rail commuter rail agency with over 500 route miles in six Southern California counties. Metrolink operates 165-trains in the high density greater Los Angeles area carrying over 40,000 passenger daily.
Apr 5, 2010 · John E. Fenton has been named chief executive officer of Metrolink, succeeding David R. Solow, who stepped down in December. Fenton will assume his role April 16. Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s
May 7, 2012 · Metrolink CEO John Fenton announced his resignation on Monday, leaving the rail authority he's steered for just over two years to head a train company in Florida, reports the L.A. Times.
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Fenton fans suspect the root of his success resides with, well, his roots. Fenton was born and raised in Bloomington, Ind. "John bleeds ‘Hoosiers,'" says Metrolink Chairman Richard Katz, who worked with Fenton the past two years. "In L.A., we weren't used to that Midwestern charm. If they make a promise or commitment, they cut off their arm before ...
Fenton subsequently held a series of the proverbial "increasingly challenging" positions during the next several years at Union Pacific Railroad, which acquired the Missouri Pacific in late 1982, including a four-year stint as manager of train operations in Los Angeles. "Cajon Pass, the Basin — L.A. is an extremely challenging place to run a railro...
In the early 2000s, an accounting scandal led to the ouster of most of the leadership team at Waste Management Inc.and Fenton was recruited to help right the ship. From 2001 through early 2007, he was vice president of the 10,000-employee company. "It was very entrepreneurial at Waste Management, as big as Waste Management is — it was more like man...
In 2009, he saw an opportunity to broaden his horizon once again. He became an operating partner in CIH Capital Partners, an investment banking group founded by former CSX Transportation Chief Operating Officer Al Crown. "Al was putting together a management team to go out and do rail acquisitions, and I was very interested in being part of it," Fe...
Delivering that message to Patriot Rail's 200 employees is a top near-term priority. On the heels of SteelRiver's buy-in and the management changeout — as part of the transaction, Patriot Rail Founder, Chairman, President and CEO Gary Marino retired after the transaction closed — Fenton says one of his aims is to "calm down the organization and get...
May 8, 2012 · LOS ANGELES — Metrolink CEO John Fenton made an official statement of resignation on Tuesday, announcing he’d be leaving the commuter rail agency that he’s lead for two […]
Aug 8, 2011 · John Fenton became the CEO of Metrolink in April 2010. He wasted little time launching a series of improvements for the commuter railway that serves six counties in Southern California and is funded partially by Metro.
Jun 12, 2012 · Fenton reminisces on his time with Metrolink from his downtown L.A. office, discussing his criticisms, achievements and Florida-bound future.
