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Tom Frautschy is President of Caterpillar Redistribution Services Inc. and Vice President of Caterpillar Financial Products Division (FPD) Remarketing and Marketing. In his role, Tom provides financial and strategic leadership, as well as oversight of Caterpillar's global machine remarketing operations and FPD's marketing functions. He serves as a member of the Caterpillar FPD Business Excellence Council.
Tom joined Caterpillar in 1973. He served in a variety of field and staff support jobs in machine sales and marketing throughout North America for eleven years. He moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1984 and held several machine sales and marketing management positions with responsibility for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. He moved to Peoria, Illinois in 1989 and had responsibility for leading several teams focused on market segments in paving, forestry, agriculture, general construction and rental services. In 1999, Tom was named NACD's Western Region Manager with responsibility for dealer administration and development for 20 dealers in the western part of the United States. He moved to his current position in January 2006.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Northern Illinois University in Dekalb, Illinois and completed an Executive Program Business Administration degree in Managing the Enterprise at Columbia University in 1992.
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