Teamwork a Recurring Theme at IANA Intermodal Expo 2015

By September 30, 2015All

A group of Tideworks representatives recently returned from the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) Intermodal Expo at the Broward County-Ft. Lauderdale Convention Center, which is nestled near the unforgettable waterfront. This was our first time exhibiting at the conference as our intermodal customer base continues to grow. The IANA team did a fantastic job putting on the expo with interesting content as well as a great mix of exhibitors, giving us the perfect chance to network with customers and industry peers.

All of us in attendance were able to sit in on multiple sessions and noticed a recurring theme from many of the speakers – teamwork. The idea of working together and partnering with one another to strengthen relationships, bring efficiencies to the supply chain and much more, was prevalent throughout the sessions and roundtables.

Additionally we brought the Oculus Rift along with us again, this time taking a ride through the CSX Northwest Ohio Terminal using our 3D visibility product, Terminal View™.

IANA Intermodal EXPO Tideworks
IANA Intermodal EXPO Tideworks

See an attendee’s reaction to our demo that was first debuted at the TOC Europe in our previous blog post, TOC Europe 2015.

Don’t worry, if you didn’t get a chance to visit us at TOC Europe or the IANA Expo, we will be bringing the Oculus along for one more ride at the TOC Americas October 13-15 in Panama City. Tideworks will be in booth A30.

Mark Traynor

Chief Product & Technology Officer

Mark Traynor joined Tideworks in 2026 as Chief Product & Technology Officer, bringing more than two decades of hands-on experience in building and deploying terminal technology and automation systems. In this role Mark will lead the company’s product management and engineering organizations and is responsible for the product roadmap and the modernization of the Tideworks platform.

Before Tideworks, Mark was Chief Technology Officer at Lynxis, whose Nascent gate automation systems deployed in nearly 100 marine and rail terminals across North and South America. For Lynxis, Mark led a globally distributed 70+ person engineering team that built a modern, configuration-driven platform on a single codebase while introducing a visual workflow configuration designed to streamline customer implementations. He also introduced cutting-edge computer vision and agentic AI solutions as well as the re-engineering of the hardware to run on readily available commercial components rather than bespoke systems sourced from specialist manufacturers.

For the 13 years before that, Mark was an independent technology partner to major North American automated marine terminal projects, including Virginia International Terminals and Long Beach Container Terminal. These operators relied on him to help lead their most complex terminal operating system implementations driving efficiency and reliability through their gate, rail, yard and vessel operations.

Mark began his career at Navis in 2004, delivering terminal operating system implementations across North America and Europe.