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Executive Biography
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Bharat Vedak |
Senior Vice President,
John Deere Intelligent Mobile
Equipment Technologies
Deere & Company
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Bharat Vedak is Senior Vice President, John Deere Intelligent Mobile Equipment Technologies. In his role, he is responsible for applying smart electronic solutions to John Deere equipment.
Vedak first joined John Deere in 1974 at its Product Engineering Center in Waterloo, Iowa, and completed a number of assignments there. In 1983, he became Manager, Quality Engineering at the John Deere Engine Works, and eventually was appointed Vice President of Engineering for John Deere's Rotary Engine Division. In 1990, he joined Cummins, Inc. as an executive engineer, and advanced to the position of Vice President, Industrial Customer Engineering. He returned to John Deere in 2005, when he was named to his current position.
Vedak has a bachelor's degree in agricultural engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India, a master's degree in agricultural engineering from North Carolina State University, and a MBA from the University of Northern Iowa.
Vedak is a Fellow of SAE International of which he has been an active member more than 30 years. He has served on the advisory board of the Agricultural and Biological department at North Carolina State University and on the Board of Directors of SAE International.
John Deere (Deere & Company - NYSE: DE) is the world's leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation. John Deere also provides financial services worldwide and manufactures and markets engines used in heavy equipment. Since it was founded in 1837, the company has extended its heritage of integrity, quality, commitment and innovation around the globe.
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