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Northern Light said:
So........I've had discussion w/a few folks now...........and almost everyone is baffled by this.......

Bruce as 'Acting CEO'.

1) As Deputy CEO, its in his job description to fill-in when the CEO is away on vacation/sick etc. Why does the Commission need to meet to confirm this role?

2) The person rumoured (by people who should know) to be getting the 'interim' job is (seemingly) available now, why have an 'Acting' CEO first?

To answer the latter, according the above, the 'interviews' are tomorrow. This is even more odd...........why not wait for the interviews to conclude before having a Commission meeting, since Bruce can 'act' as CEO as-of-right?

This is all very strange.
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Is said person Adam Giambrone? He was already rumored to be the next CEO back in October 2023. So we don't have to keep him anonymous. But he might not be available if he's currently working in the middle east. So I would assume someone other than AG?

I was kinda hoping it would be a female, since over 50% of the ridership is female. The TTC had Kirsten Watson as deputy CEO. I wonder what happen to her?

Also, the interim CEO could easily transition to permanent CEO. It happened with Rick Leary.

But going through all these phases as CEO, from acting CEO, to interim CEO, to permanent CEO, is ridiculous. A total of 4 CEOs if you include Rick Leary.
 
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RapidTransit said:
Is said person Adam Giambrone? He was already rumored to be the next CEO back in October 2023. So we don't have to keep him anonymous. But he might not be available if he's currently working in the middle east. So I would assume someone other than AG?

I was kinda hoping it would be a female, since over 50% of the ridership is female. The TTC had Kirsten Watson as deputy CEO. I wonder what happen to her?

Also, the interim CEO could easily transition to permanent CEO. It happened with Rick Leary.

But going through all these phases as CEO, from acting CEO, to interim CEO, to permanent CEO, is ridiculous. A total of 4 CEOs if you include Rick Leary.
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Making Adam CEO should call Chow’s integrity into question. She’s already made fellow NDP supporter Myers Chair at TTC. So to make Adam, the former president of the NDP CEO would be an interesting pick and eye opening to some.
 
Does anyone actually think Adam Giambrone is qualified to run an organization with 15,000 employees?

There may be an interim pay increase involved for MacGregor that has to be approved by the Commission? Otherwise he's giving himself a pay increase.
 
evandyk said:
Does anyone actually think Adam Giambrone is qualified to run an organization with 15,000 employees?

There may be an interim pay increase involved for MacGregor that has to be approved by the Commission? Otherwise he's giving himself a pay increase.
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Adam is probably as well qualified as Rick and seems more 'personable'.

Would McGregor have had a salary increase if he was filling in for Leary if he was ill or on vacation? I doubt it as that was his job. As this is a 'short-term' interim appointment I doubt he should get one now, if he were to be appointed Acting CEO that's different.
 
JBR said:
Making Adam CEO should call Chow’s integrity into question. She’s already made fellow NDP supporter Myers Chair at TTC. So to make Adam, the former president of the NDP CEO would be an interesting pick and eye opening to some.
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It won't be the best look. But we all know appointments are through connections and affiliations.

Look at Josh Colle. I doubt he's qualified for the position he's in now at TTC. Probably got it as some type of returned favor. So if they can bring him in, might as well bring in AG.

Personally I don't think AG is qualified, but from a political point of few, I wonder if he could use the NDP connections to get Jagmeet Singh to pressure more funding from the feds? That's definitely a stretch on my part, but I'm sure a possibility.

With the new Strong Mayor's act, can Chow not simply appoint someone as CEO. She has a transit base support politically, I'm sure she has names already.

I really hope that the TTC board is replaced , particularly the citizen board members. Even the best CEO can be handicapped by the TTC Board. Hopefully that's the next big move for TTC/Chow.
 
RapidTransit said:
It won't be the best look. But we all know appointments are through connections and affiliations.

Look at Josh Colle. I doubt he's qualified for the position he's in now at TTC. Probably got it as some type of returned favor. So if they can bring him in, might as well bring in AG.

Personally I don't think AG is qualified, but from a political point of few, I wonder if he could use the NDP connections to get Jagmeet Singh to pressure more funding from the feds? That's definitely a stretch on my part, but I'm sure a possibility.

With the new Strong Mayor's act, can Chow not simply appoint someone as CEO. She has a transit base support politically, I'm sure she has names already.

I really hope that the TTC board is replaced , particularly the citizen board members. Even the best CEO can be handicapped by the TTC Board. Hopefully that's the next big move for TTC/Chow.
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I'm curious about the points against Adam. While he doesn't have much transit operational experience, he does have quite a bit of experience (albeit overseas) in transportation policy and infrastructure planning and management. Considering he also works with people, it does have transferrable skills to C-suite executive roles.
 
adys123 said:
I'm curious about the points against Adam. While he doesn't have much transit operational experience, he does have quite a bit of experience (albeit overseas) in transportation policy and infrastructure planning and management. Considering he also works with people, it does have transferrable skills to C-suite executive roles.
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I agree that the CEO does not need to know how to drive a bus or repair a broken rail and it is someone with managerial, people picking and supporting them and political skills that we need. AG may be pretty appropriate.
 
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adys123 said:
I'm curious about the points against Adam. While he doesn't have much transit operational experience, he does have quite a bit of experience (albeit overseas) in transportation policy and infrastructure planning and management. Considering he also works with people, it does have transferrable skills to C-suite executive roles.
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I know Adam G........

Nice enough guy, generally. Very pro transit, its a passion.

What I like about him in this context is he has a better read on what customers/riders may appreciate than many who come up through the 'system'.

However, he has two clear weak points in my mind. The first is that he's not really a 'sweat the details' kind of guy. You can see this in the renovation of Dufferin Station of which he was a champion. He recognized that it was dreary, and could use a facelift; but that was then done on the cheap, and left most people feeling it wasn't much of an improvement except for the entry pavilion at grade.

The second thing I would say..........is his political skills aren't as good as they should be. He's a very self-confident guy, that part is fine, nothing wrong w/that at all. But it can lead to Adam talking down to people as if he's quite sure that other people just couldn't possibly understand transit (or whatever) as well as he does.

I'm quite sure he doesn't realize he's doing it.........that is a problem.
 
Northern Light said:
I know Adam G........

Nice enough guy, generally. Very pro transit, its a passion.

What I like about him in this context is he has a better read on what customers/riders may appreciate than many who come up through the 'system'.

However, he has two clear weak points in my mind. The first is that he's not really a 'sweat the details' kind of guy. You can see this in the renovation of Dufferin Station of which he was a champion. He recognized that it was dreary, and could use a facelift; but that was then done on the cheap, and left most people feeling it wasn't much of an improvement except for the entry pavilion at grade.

The second thing I would say..........is his political skills aren't as good as they should be. He's a very self-confident guy, that part is fine, nothing wrong w/that at all. But it can lead to Adam talking down to people as if he's quite sure that other people just couldn't possibly understand transit (or whatever) as well as he does.

I'm quite sure he doesn't realize he's doing it.........that is a problem.
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I'm glad you agree talking down to others isn't ideal. I'm happy we're looking at candidates who actually care about and understand the system
 
I don't understand UT's obsession with Adam Giambrone. The guy left Toronto disgraced in scandal and has since been working in Saudi Arabia on NEOM (the linear futuristic city that has basically ended up being a huge bust).

The TTC is not going to go for someone like that. There are many more potential names in North America that they probably will place atop the list (i.e. Collie who is ex-TTC and is now running MARTA in Atlanta), but I would love if they could look globally to Europe and Asia for someone who understands how to do things to a higher standard.
 
duffo said:
There are many more potential names in North America that they probably will place atop the list (i.e. Collie who is ex-TTC and is now running MARTA in Atlanta),
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Uhhh?

Josh Colle works for the TTC currently, not Atlanta, and he has never run MARTA
 
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