About Todd Tranausky

Todd Tranausky is the Category Manager - NAM Rail & Dry Bulk at Solvay. Prior to joining Solvay, Todd was the Logistics Procurement Manager at Americas Styrenics, where he oversaw all of the company’s transportation spend across modes. Prior to joining AmSty in December 2023, he was Vice President of Rail & Intermodal for FTR. While at FTR, he was responsible for providing commentary, data analysis, and forecasts for the FTR freight focused reports and played a key role in producing the FTR Rail Equipment Outlook and Rail Closer Look Series. Prior to FTR, he was the North American Transportation Editor for Argus Media, responsible for overseeing the quality of transportation reports and leading the company’s new product development in this area. Before he was promoted in January 2015, he was responsible for editing the weekly Argus Coal Transportation newsletter along with overseeing the Argus Rail Business publication that focuses on rail and shipper dynamics, critical rate data, rail costs, and regulatory and operational issues in the rail industry. Todd also assessed rail and barge rates for the movement of petroleum products for the Argus Petroleum Transportation Report. A Philadelphia native and diehard Philadelphia sports fan, he graduated Temple University with dual degrees in history and journalism and holds an Executive MBA from Quantic School of Business and Technology. He is also a member of the Association of Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers’ Midstream Committee, working on topics of importance to entire petrochemical space as well as being on the board of directors of the Southwest Association of Rail Shippers.