Travis Gross is the Vice President of Railroad Products and Services (RPS), responsible for all aspects of the company’s legacy crosstie and maintenance-of-way businesses.

Travis joined Koppers in 2007 as a Sales Administrator in RPS, and in 2011, moved into the position of Northeast Commercial Sales Manager of RPS, where he was responsible for a $35M sales territory covering 14 states and two Canadian provinces. He was promoted to Class I Sales Manager in 2015, handling accounts such as Norfolk Southern, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National, before advancing to Vice President, Commercial Sales in 2016.

Travis holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and sales management from the University of Akron, as well as an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business.