John Ekblad
Vice President Operations
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Ekblad is a results-driven operations and safety leader with 12 years of experience translating complex logistics, safety, and readiness requirements into measurable outcomes across public transit and military organizations. As General Manager at Acme Dock Specialists and a former Army National Guard Company Commander, he has led large, cross-functional teams through high-stakes operations, earning national readiness awards and a MacArthur leadership nomination. He built the CTA’s first U.S. transit Safety Management System, migrating informal reporting to automated, data-driven processes using PowerBI and GIS to reduce risk and inform policy. John pairs an MBA in Business Analytics with hands-on field experience, uniquely blending data-informed decision making with frontline operational discipline. Based in Kansas City, he is comfortable operating in matrixed environments and leading mission-critical transformations that require both technical rigor and people-first leadership.
12 years of coding experience
Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Analytics, Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Analytics at University of Illinois Chicago-College of Business AdministrationB.S. Economics, B.S. Economics at Northern Illinois University
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Github Skills (22)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
JohanEkblad/ha-linknx
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Contributions:5 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
emrex-eu/emrex-gateway
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025
Contributions:14 pushes in 2 months
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