About USA Rail

Jake joined USA Rail Terminals in July 2021 as the Director of Business Development. Jake leads the company’s sales, marketing, and business development efforts in the Gulf Coast.

As a Business Development professional, Jake works with new and current rail shippers to develop the right rail solutions for their logistical challenges. For instance, he leads the design and construction of new rail yards for customers’ needs and procures custom transload equipment to help customers transfer various products for all transportation modes. Jake is an innovative, solution oriented professional, uniquely capable of helping USA Rail Terminals customers succeed.

Prior to joining USA Rail Terminals, Jake started his 23-year career with Rescar where he fell in love with the industry and worked his way into management, overseeing rail switching operations. After 6 years with Rescar Jake spent 7 years with Petroleum Service Corporation (PSC) where he held a variety of different leadership roles within the organization, finishing as a Senior Level Operations Manager. In this role Jake was responsible for leading railcar switching, liquids loading, bulk loading, warehouse logistics, and dock operations for several major customers consisting of over 200 field employees and direct reports. Jake spent a decade with US Development Group (USDG) where he led operations and business development for two Gulf Coast rail terminals. Jake finished his USDG career focusing on commercializing green field developments along the Houston Ship Channel. In his tenure with USDG Jake was able to generate over $60MM of annual revenue for the Gulf Coast terminals and dredge receiving facilities.

 Throughout his 23-year professional career, Jake has acquired vast practical leadership experience and holds many management and technical certifications. Jake is also an active member of both professional and public community organizations.

Rich is a Partner and the Chief Executive Officer of Alpenglow Rail. Rich has over 20 years of experience in executive leadership, developing and growing businesses, and executing large scale transactions. Rich began his career in commercial real-estate, and prior to Alpenglow, spent 10 years as Senior Vice President of OmniTRAX / The Broe Group, one of the nation’s largest shortline railroad, real estate and oil & gas holding companies. At OmniTRAX, Rich located many new customer facilities to its railroads and industrial parks including Anheuser Busch, Cargill, Halliburton, Vestas, and many others. Rich has managed businesses and assets with over $1 billion in value, purchased and sold over $500 million in transportation and real estate businesses, and developed nearly 10,000 acres of land. Rich received a Bachelor’s degree in business finance, with emphasis in real estate from San Diego State University.

Darcy is a partner and the Chief Operating Officer of Alpenglow Rail. Darcy has over 25 years’ experience and a proven track record in improving operations, safety and bottom line performance for leading shortline rail companies. Prior to joining Alpenglow, Darcy was President and COO of OmniTRAX / The Broe Group managing 2,500 miles of track, 17 shortline railroads, four switching operations, two port facilities, and two intermodal concessions. Before OmniTRAX, Darcy spent over ten years with BC Rail where he developed and implemented the company’s first system wide integrated operating plan which drove significant profitability improvement leading to its $1 billion sale to CN in 2004. Darcy received his MBA from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia.

Henning is a Partner and the Chief Financial Officer of Alpenglow Rail. Henning has more than 15 years of infrastructure and transportation deal experience, with an emphasis on sourcing, assessing, and executing investment opportunities. Henning spent 12 years in Deutsche Bank’s M&A group focused on rail, terminals, ports, and aviation. Following, Henning ran corporate development for OmniTRAX, responsible for sourcing and executing deals in the rail, terminals, ports and related transportation spaces. Henning received his MA (Hons) in International Business from the University of Edinburgh.