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Mark R. Pflederer is Vice President of the Heavy Construction and Mining Division at Caterpillar, Inc. and also serves as the SAE Commercial Vehicles Vice President. Pflederer joined Caterpillar in 1976 as an engineer trainee at the Mapleton, Ill., facility. He spent the next 14 years in a variety of engineering positions in materials and electronics at the East Peoria, Ill., facility and at Caterpillar’s Mossville, Ill., Technical Center. In 1990, he became New Product Introduction (NPI) program manager for medium wheel loaders at the Aurora, Ill., facility. In 1991, he became NPI manager for large wheel loaders and in 1992, technical manager for the New Technology Department, Technical Services Division at the Tech Center. From 1996 to1999, he served as director of engineering, Building Construction Products Division, in Clayton, N.C. From 1999 to 2003, Mark was general manager of Electronic & Electrical Systems within the Component. From 2003 until 2007, Pflederer served as Vice President with responsibility for Caterpillar's Technology and Solutions Division. | 