John Smith

John graduated from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from where he joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee. He enjoyed 18 years in the automotive industry working in a number of senior engineering, manufacturing and product strategy roles. This included a period with the Jaguar Racing Formula 1 team. John joined the rail industry in 2009, leading the Intelligent Infrastructure programme at Network Rail, one of the most extensive applications of asset condition monitoring in the global rail sector. Since April 2018 John has held the position of Chief Executive Officer for voestalpine Signaling UK, a centre of excellence for rail infrastructure monitoring and part of the voestalpine Railway Systems group. As an engineer, John is passionate about the global transformation of railways through the safe, reliable and innovative application of digital technologies.