Otis Cliatt
President
Pacific Harbor Line, Inc
Otis Cliatt, II, was appointed President of Pacific Harbor Line, Inc. in 2012. He has over 20 years of experience in the railroad industry. Cliatt establishes processes for rail transportation, maintenance, and train dispatching services to the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Cliatt’s expansive career includes prior senior leadership positions at Union Pacific Railroad, CANAC, Inc., and Cliatt Consulting, a rail management company.
Cliatt is a military combat veteran, awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions in Desert Storm, and a former eight-year member of the U.S. Army’s elite Special Operations Command Airborne at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He proudly served in the 112th Signal Battalion Airborne Special Forces Command while on active duty and in the 20th Special Forces Group Airborne while in the Florida National Guard.
Cliatt is a graduate of Florida A&M University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics, with a minor in Labor Relations. He is also a graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Management Executive Program and has earned a Board Leadership Certification from the African American Board Leadership Institute.