News Release

BNSF's CIO Jeffrey J. Campbell Honored As 2004 Premier 100 IT Leader by IDG's Computerworld

FORT WORTH, Texas, January 20, 2004:

The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that Jeffrey J. Campbell, Vice President -Technology Services and CIO has been recognized by IDG’s Computerworld, the "Voice of IT Management," as one of the business world’s Premier 100 IT Leaders. BNSF is a subsidiary of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation (NYSE:BNI).

The award honors executives who show exemplary technology leadership in resolving business problems. Honorees, including Campbell, were named and profiled in the January 5 issue of Computerworld and will be honored again at Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference, occurring March 5-7, 2004, at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, Calif.

Campbell was selected from nearly 600 nominees, who were measured against Computerworld’s IT Leadership Index, a set of characteristics that describes executives who guide the effective use of IT in their organizations, and evaluated by the editors and by an external panel of past Premier 100 honorees. Other honorees include leading IT executives from corporations such as J.P. Morgan Chase, Marriott International, American Express, Lockheed Martin, MetLife and the U.S. Air Force.

"Our Premier 100 list honors those who’ve had a positive impact on their IT groups and their companies during some of the toughest times in years," said Maryfran Johnson, editor in chief of Computerworld. "They lead people and projects to success. They’re adept communicators who are ‘bilingual’ in tech-speak and business talk. But most significantly, they’re still willing to take risks in these highly risk-averse times."

"On behalf of the men and women of the BNSF Technology Services team, I’m pleased to accept this recognition of our group’s commitment to applying technology to support BNSF’s strategic initiatives," said Campbell. "This honor reflects the team’s creativity, hard work and dedication to understanding and meeting our customers’ expectations."

BNSF operates one of the largest railroad networks in North America, with about 32,500 route miles covering 28 states and two Canadian provinces. BNSF is an industry leader in Web-enabling a variety of customer transactions at www.bnsf.com. The railway is among the world's top transporters of intermodal traffic, moves more grain than any other American railroad, transports the mineral components of many of the products we depend on daily, and hauls enough coal to generate about ten percent of the electricity produced in the United States.

BNSF Headquarters
BNSF Railway Company
2650 Lou Menk Dr. 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 961057
Fort Worth, TX 76161-0057
Phone: (817) 352-1000