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Raphael G.

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Director - Advanced Rail Technology (Australia & APAC) at Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
📍 Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Raphael is a global executive leader with nearly two decades of experience in the railway industry, specializing in delivering complex projects across engineering, signalling, and train control. He holds a PMP certification and has studied at INSEAD and Delft University of Technology. Colleagues describe him as focused, determined, and a committed problem-solver.

His career is distinguished by hands-on leadership roles across Europe, North America, Australia, South America, and Africa, including work with Class One Railroads.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Director - Advanced Rail Technology (Australia & APAC)
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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Advanced Rail Tech
As Director of Advanced Rail Technology for the APAC region at Progress Rail, he is the key interface between customers and global development teams in the US and Brazil.
AI in Heavy Industry
He recently attended a Gartner session on this topic, actively connecting insights on AI to cutting-edge trends in the rail and transport sector.
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Career

Work history

6-2025
Director - Advanced Rail Technology (Australia & APAC)
Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company
9-2024 - 6-2025
Transportation, Railway Systems & OT Projects (Lead)
Arc Infrastructure
4-2022 - 9-2024
Transportation & Railway Systems Projects Manager
Arc Infrastructure
1-2020 - 4-2022
Director of Project & Portfolio Management (Worldwide) and New Business Development (USA & Europe)
Alta Rail Technology
8-2019 - 4-2022
Project Director
Alta Rail Technology
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Education
11-2024 - 5-2025
Executive Programme
INSEAD
2-2024 - 12-2024
Railway Engineering
Delft University of Technology
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