Janet Kennedy

Director at CPKC

Janet Kennedy, previously a Kansas City Southern director since 2019, brings experience in senior executive leadership, accounting & financial literacy, accounting & financial expertise, executive compensation/human resources, transportation industry knowledge, governance, government/regulatory affairs and legal, risk management, sales and marketing and strategic oversight.

Ms. Kennedy, as former VP, North America Regions of Google Cloud at Google, focused on helping clients to leverage disruptive thinking and emerging technologies to develop and execute their digital transformation strategies. In her role as US Digital Transformation for Microsoft Corp., Ms. Kennedy was responsible for both internal and external digital transformations for Microsoft's customers and partners.

Together with Ms. Kennedy's valuable executive leadership skills and extensive experience in compensation, business development and strategy, the experience and insights she has from these roles provide her with a unique and valuable perspective to help CPKC in this new digital age.

She has a Bachelors of Science in Industrial Management/Industrial Engineering from the Purdue University Daniels School of Business and an MBA from Queens University of Charlotte.