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Richard P. Lavin vice president of operations for the Asia Pacific Division effective July 1, 2004. In this role he will serve as chairman of Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. and have administrative responsibility for operations in the region, including manufacturing facilities in China, India, Indonesia and Japan. Lavin is a broad-based business leader, with experience in legal, marketing, product management and service center operations.
He joined the company in 1984 as an attorney in the legal department. He served in numerous positions in the company's Asian and Latin American operations and was a product manager in Track-Type Tractors. He served as director of Corporate Human Relations from 1998-99 when he was named director of Compensation and Benefits with worldwide responsibility for the company's pay and benefits programs.
In his most recent assignment as vice president of Caterpillar Inc., Lavin led the company's people initiatives with administrative responsibility for the Human Services Division, including Caterpillar University, Compensation + Benefits, Corporate Medical, Corporate Public Affairs, Corporate Security & Aviation Services, Human Relations, Global H.R. Shared Services and Succession Management.
Lavin has a bachelor's degree from Western Illinois University and law degrees from Creighton University and Georgetown University. He also completed a Brookings Institute program. | 