Swift Tram hires Gayl as chief executive

BOULDER —Swift Tram Inc. has hired Ilse Gayl as its chief executive, succeeding company founder, Carl Lawrence, who remains as chairman and chief technology officer.

Boulder-based Swift Tram wants to build automated transit networks powered by electricity to carry people and things in lightweight coaches suspended from elevated guideways.

Swift Tram intends to design and manufacture the systems in Colorado.

The company is in discussions with the University of Colorado’s Anschutz medical campus to build a system there, and also plans to make a pitch to the…