Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Port of Virginia appoints leadership positions from within
Joseph P. Ruddy will transition from COO to chief innovation officer for The Port of Virginia and Shawn Tibbets will take over as chief operations officer, according to a statement form John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority.
"It is Joe’s strong operational ability and dedication to the port that led me to choose him for this important role," Reinhart said. "Shawn has been the senior vice president of operations for VIT and those colleagues within the organization that have worked with Shawn are well aware of the value he brings to the organization with operations and overall leadership. This move completes our reorganization effort."
As chief innovation officer, Ruddy will oversee the strategic planning, engineering, information technology and the sustainability teams, according to the port authority. Tibbets will continue to focus on launching several initiatives created to increase efficiency, improve cargo velocity and develop consistency in all areas of the operation, the statement said.
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