At TOC Europe 2025, we jumped at the opportunity to get a line on recent changes and developments at Tideworks from its President Thomas J. Rucker. Among others, we talked about the new ownership status, leadership changes, what the company is cooking up for its terminal operating system (TOS), the ingredients for building relationships on trust and hands-on knowledge, data, and artificial intelligence (AI).
How is Tideworks driving evolution with ownership and leadership changes?
In 2019, Tideworks entered its next phase of growth following Blackstone Infrastructure Partners’ majority investment in Carrix, Tideworks’ parent company.
With the introduction of Blackstone, Tideworks has entered an exciting period of growth and innovation. To fuel this transition, we’ve doubled down on markets and products with the greatest growth potential, bringing in seasoned leaders to guide the way, including Frederik Stork who leads the professional services division, Subbu Bhat as VP of software engineering, and Julian Galvis who’s leading go-to-market strategy for our next wave of innovation and market expansion.
Tideworks continues to focus on its core strengths, intermodal rail being one of them. Many of our projects and investments target that business, primarily across the US, and we’ve begun developing our platform to accommodate new areas, such as Australia and Europe. We are building on our strong foundation in the UK through our 15-year partnership with Freightliner which has our rail TOS solutions deployed in its terminal network across England and Scotland.