James Bright
Vice-President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

Jim Bright has been promoted to Vice-President Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, effective February 1, 2009. Jim has been with CN for almost 35 years and has worked in Marketing, Operations, Accounting, Financial Planning and Information Technology.  His most recent promotion came in 2006 when he was named Vice-President – Information Technology after completing CN's exclusive railroad MBA program, during which he spent the better part of a year in the field at various locations throughout the company's system. Among other accomplishments, Jim led the systems integration projects for CN's transactions with Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, Great Lakes Transportation and BC Rail.  He also participated in the implementation of SRS/RMS, the development of CN's Data Warehouse, the implementation of CN's E-Business site, the SAP implementation and the current Transportation Renewal Program.  Jim represents CN at the Conference Board of Canada, the CIO Executive Council, Railinc and sits on several of our vendors' customer advisory boards.  He holds a degree in Management from McGill University and an MBA from Concordia University.