#29 Startup Energy & Enterprise Scale: How a Small Team Moves Big Ideas in Rail
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About Milan
Milan Karunaratne is a Vice President at Wabtec with nearly two decades of experience pioneering digital solutions in rail transportation across GE and Wabtec. He leads the global Digital Advanced Technology organization within the Office of the CTO, bringing a startup-style approach to innovation within a large enterprise. A Railway Age "25 Under 40" award recipient with an MS in Mechanical Engineering (Stony Brook) and MBA (UCLA), Milan and his team specialize in translating emerging technologies like automation, robotics, and AI into production-ready solutions that deliver measurable impact to safety, reliability, and operational performance.
About Wabtec
Wabtec Corporation is revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations. The Company is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for the freight and transit rail industries, as well as the mining, marine and industrial markets.
https://www.wabteccorp.com/
My Key Takeaways
- Big players can innovate too – As Wabtec’s history shows, even long-established rail companies can reshape the industry when innovation is taken seriously.
- Autonomy is a must for the future – It’s not hype, but essential to improve safety, efficiency, and rail’s competitiveness against road transport.
- Rail is already a high-tech system – Rail networks are among the most complex and data-rich platforms in the world.
- Maverick is the North Star – The Maverick project represents the long-term vision for autonomous rail, especially in shunting and local operations.
- Pathfinder delivers value today – A pragmatic upgrade that brings modern digital, safety, and automation capabilities to existing locomotives.
- Big innovation happens in steps – Breakthroughs come from many smaller innovations, not one giant leap.
- Autonomy needs the whole system – Locomotives, yards, IT, data, and processes must evolve together.
- Humans stay in the loop – Automation supports people; it doesn’t replace them.
- Safety and regulation come first – Rail autonomy must respect the unique physical and operational constraints of rail.
- Get your hands dirty – Real innovation means experimenting, iterating, failing fast, and learning by doing.
Sebastian Sperker
https://www.railup.club/
sebastian@railup.club