Samuel R. Allen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Deere & Company
Born in 1954 in Sumter, South Carolina.
Education
Graduated from Purdue University, Indiana, with a degree in Industrial Management.
Experience
34 years of experience in a variety of Deere & Company divisions, including operations management in Latin America, China, East Asia and Australia.
2001: took up new responsibilities in human resources, industrial relations and global credit operations of Deere & Company.
2003: appointed head of John Deer Power Systems global operations.
2005: President of Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division.
2007: responsible for Deere's intelligent mobile equipment technologies and Deere's advanced technology and engineering.
August 2009: appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of Deere & Company
June 2009: appointed President, CEO and member of the Board of Deere & Company.
Since February 2010: President and Chairman of the Board of Deere & Company.
