Michael Usuanlele

Michael Usuanlele is Associate Director of Track Systems at US Rail Systems, where he brings more than two decades of hands-on and strategic experience in railway track engineering and asset management.

Michael spent his career at Network Rail in the UK, rising from Leading Trackman to Route Head of Asset (Track) for the Wessex Route, one of the busiest sections of railway in Britain. In that role, he owned the route’s track asset management strategy, guiding renewals, maintenance and enhancement planning to improve reliability for passenger and freight services. Earlier, as Track Maintenance Engineer, he led a team of 85 staff responsible for more than 15,000 assets across 220 miles of mainline railway, achieving a 58% reduction in reactionary delay minutes and championing technologies such as Plain Line Pattern Recognition, train-borne eddy current inspection, and robotic switch and crossing inspection. 

Michael holds an MBA in Strategic Leadership from the University of Portsmouth and a first-class BEng in Railway Engineering from Sheffield Hallam University. He is a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET), a member of the Permanent Way Institution, and holds the IAM Certificate in Asset Management.