Caterpillar announces retirement of three vice presidents
Staff Writer |
Peoria, Ill., USA - June 19, 2017, Peoria, Ill., USA - Caterpillar, a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, announced three vice presidents, Paolo Fellin, Greg Folley and George Taylor, have elected to retire.
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After 37 years of service to the company, Paolo Fellin, Caterpillar vice president of the Global Construction & Infrastructure (GCI) Division, has elected to retire.
Mr. Fellin joined Caterpillar in 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Over the next several years, he held a series of sales and marketing positions throughout Europe, Africa & Middle East (EAME).
In 1992, Mr. Fellin moved to products and operations becoming product manager for small excavators (France).
In 1996, he was named product manager for wheel loaders (Belgium).
In 2003, Mr. Fellin was appointed industry manager for Caterpillar's North American Commercial Division (NACD).
In 2004, the Caterpillar board of directors named Mr. Fellin vice president of EAME, including CIS, Marketing Division, and in 2009, he was named vice president of EAME Distribution Services.
In 2013, Mr. Fellin became vice president for GCI. His retirement is effective August 1, 2017.
After 22 years of service to the company, and 11 years of practicing law prior to joining Caterpillar, Greg Folley, Caterpillar vice president of the Industry Solutions, Components & Distribution Division (ISCD), has elected to retire.
Following an 11-year career outside of Caterpillar, Mr. Folley joined Caterpillar in 1995, and held numerous positions in the Human Services Division, including senior labor relations consultant, human resources manager, corporate labor relations manager, U.K. HR Shared Services director and director of Compensation + Benefits.
In 2008, the Caterpillar board of directors named Mr. Folley vice president of the Core Components Division.
He then served as the chief HR officer from 2009-11, and as vice president of the Remanufacturing, Components & Work Tools Division from 2011-15.
In 2016, Mr. Folley was named vice president of ISCD.
His retirement is effective August 1, 2017.
After 19 years of service to the company, and with more than 15 years of business experience prior to joining Caterpillar, George Taylor, vice president of the Marketing & Digital Division, has elected to retire.
Mr. Taylor joined Caterpillar in 1998 as a strategic business planning services manager.
Mr. Taylor held numerous marketing, product support and general management positions before he was named the director and general manager of the global on-highway truck group in 2006.
In 2015, the Caterpillar board of directors appointed Mr. Taylor as vice president of the Customer Services Support Division, and, later, as vice president of the Marketing & Digital Division.
Before joining Caterpillar, Mr. Taylor had extensive external experience with IBM.
He began in 1984 as a systems engineer and held several managerial positions before becoming a client executive in 1994.
Mr. Taylor's retirement is effective August 1, 2017.
Caterpillar's board of directors has appointed Chris Snodgrass, currently general manager for Caterpillar's Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD), to the position of vice president of the newly created Product Support & Logistics Division (PSLD).
Mr. Snodgrass joined Caterpillar in 2013 following a successful 20-year career that included senior and executive leadership positions with commercial vehicle and industrial components manufacturer Meritor, and with Daimler AG, including roles in the Mercedes Benz truck division in Europe, Freightliner Trucks in North America, and with engine manufacturer Detroit Diesel Corporation.
Mr. Snodgrass has a bachelor's degree in management and organizational leadership from Concordia University.
Mr. Snodgrass will assume his new duties effective July 1, 2017.
Caterpillar's board of directors has appointed Damien Giraud, currently worldwide product manager for Caterpillar's large excavators, as the vice president of GCI.
Mr. Giraud joined Caterpillar in 1998, following a seven-year career with Colas Group, a French civil engineering and construction firm.
During his nearly 20 years with Caterpillar, Mr. Giraud has held a number of marketing and product management roles with an increasing level of responsibility.
A native of France who speaks four languages, Mr. Giraud has worked in Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.
Mr. Giraud has a bachelor's degree in engineering from Ecole Des Mines, Saint Etienne, France and a master's degree from the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, Switzerland. ■