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Joe Creed is a group president of Caterpillar Inc. with responsibility for the Energy & Transportation segment, which includes the Rail Division, Solar Turbines, Large Power Systems Division (LPSD), Industrial Power Systems Division (IPSD), Caterpillar Remanufacturing Division, Electric Power Division and Caterpillar Oil & Gas and Marine Division.

Creed joined Caterpillar in 1997 and has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility across multiple divisions of Caterpillar. He was promoted to chief financial officer for Caterpillar’s Energy & Transportation business segment in 2013 and promoted to vice president of Caterpillar's Finance Services Division in 2017. Creed also served as interim Chief Financial Officer for Caterpillar in 2018 and, most recently, as vice president of the Oil & Gas and Marine Division and the Electric Power Division.

Creed graduated from Western Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. He completed Caterpillar’s flagship executive leadership program conducted by Stanford University specifically for Caterpillar leaders, dealers and suppliers. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Creed serves on the Western Illinois University Department of Accounting & Finance advisory board; is an Executive Board Member of the Caterpillar Foundation; and is the executive sponsor of the Caterpillar Employee Resource Group known as ADEPT (Abled and Disabled Employees Partnering Together). He is also a member of the board and Vice Chairman for Easterseals of Central Illinois.