SMBC Rail Services promoted Tina Beckberger to senior vice president of leasing. Beckberger, who served as vice president of portfolio management for SMBC Rail Services for the last five years, will lead the company’s commercial and customer service teams.

“Tina has been an instrumental senior member of the rail services team since she joined, and we are excited she is taking on this new leadership role,” Michael McCarthy, president and CEO of SMBC Rail Services, said. “Tina is well respected in the industry and a natural fit for this position. Her promotion is yet another tangible example of our strong pipeline of senior talent ready to take on new leadership roles within our organization. With Tina’s continued meaningful contributions, we look forward to seeing our business continue to grow.”

Beckberger joined SMBC Rail Services in 2016 as vice president of portfolio management, a role in which she led a team responsible for overall portfolio strategy, pricing and secondary market transactions. Prior to joining SMBC Rail Services, Beckberger spent 16 years at General Electric, with most of her time spent with the GE Rail Services business, where she held a variety of operations, quality, asset management and marketing roles. She was also with Wells Fargo Rail as a vice president of business intelligence and leader of the product management team.