Wabtec's president and CEO Ray Betler is retiring after 11 years with the company.

Rafael Santana will succeed him in the position effective July 1.

Santana, 47, joined Wabtec as president and CEO of the company’s freight segment following the merger of Wabtec and GE Transportation. He previously served as president and CEO of GE Transportation.

He has roughly 25 years of commercial, product management and executive leadership experience, including more than 10 years in the transportation industry.

Betler, who is a Pittsburgh native, started his career in 1979 as a design engineer with the former Westinghouse Transportation Division. In 1994, he was named president of the unit, which became ADtranz and now Bombardier Transportation. He joined Wabtec in 2008 and has served as president and CEO since 2014.