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David C. Everitt is President, Agricultural Division North America, Australia, Asia, and Global Tractor and Implement Sourcing of Deere & Company, a position he has held since January 2006. In his position, Everitt is accountable for serving all customers within his region and for all tractor and implement factories globally.
Since joining the company in 1975 as an engineer at the John Deere Horicon Works, Everitt has held a variety of management positions in the areas of industrial engineering, production engineering, mechanical services and sales throughout the company, including John Deere Waterloo Works. In 1993, he was appointed Manager, Business Development, and subsequently managed cotton and factory operations at John Deere Des Moines Works.
Everitt was appointed Director, Region I, for the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division in 1996, and was promoted to the position of Vice President, Region I, Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division, two years later. In 1999, he relocated to Deere & Company’s European headquarters in Mannheim, Germany, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Region II. Everitt was appointed President, Agricultural Division Europe, Africa, South America and Global Harvesting Equipment Sourcing in 2001.
Everitt serves as a director of the Scott County Family YMCA, Davenport, Iowa.
A native of Concordia, Kansas, Everitt is a 1975 graduate of Kansas State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in industrial engineering.
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