Joseph P. Ruddy

Joseph P. Ruddy is the chief operations officer (COO) for Virginia International Terminals (VIT), LLC and in this role he is responsible for all operations, information technology, safety, security, capacity expansion projects and maintenance at state-owned and privately-operated marine terminal facilities in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News, Richmond and Front Royal, Virginia. He also is responsible for the Hampton Roads Chassis Pool – wholly owned by VIT, which operates and manages the intermodal chassis and empty container yards.  Joe returns to this role that held previously from 2011 to 2014.

In 2014 he was appointed as the port’s first chief innovation officer (CINO), helping to create the strategic planning & analytical and process excellence teams.  In 2008 he was appointed and served as the director of operations and labor at VIT.  From 2004 to 2008 Joe helped develop and was named general manager at Virginia Intermodal Management, a subsidiary company responsible for managing and administering all aspects of a port-wide chassis pool.