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Gary A. Stroup is the Vice President of Caterpillar's Large Power Systems Division. He joined the company in 1972 as a machine shop trainee. He became a training instructor in 1974 and a machine shop foreman in 1978 at the company's East Peoria, Illinois, manufacturing facility.
Starting in 1979, he served in a variety of management positions, including planning and tooling manager at the East Peoria manufacturing facility, assistant director of manufacturing, and manager of the Transmission Business Unit in the Component Products Division. He was elected vice president in 1992 with responsibility for the company's Hauling Units and Motor Graders business unit in Decatur, Illinois. He took over responsibility for the Component Products Division in 1995 and was named President of Solar in November 1998. In January 2003 he assumed responsibility for the Large Power Systems Division.
A native of East Peoria, Illinois, Stroup is a 1971 graduate of Bradley University. He received an M.B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1989. He completed the Brookings Institute program, Inside Washington: Business & Public Policy, in 1993. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Methodist Health Services Corporation. | 