Deere places two key executives in Cary - Triangle Business Journal:

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Tim Merrett, a marketing vice president, will handle thoser duties for all combined productsz inthe company’s “region – the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Dale R. director of global order will continue to oversee that process for all regions and platform in the newly formedd Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Merrett has been with Deere in various capacitiessince 1991, Brimeyer since 1977.
“Thisa new team of leaders will leveragdeJohn Deere's strengths and deploy a new global operating model to bette r serve our customers and shareholders,” said Randy Sergesketter, seniofr vice president of global turf utility platform in the Agriculture and Turf Division. who has been in the Cary facilituy for the pastthree years, assumef his new title and role in April. The personnel changes follow Deere’s decision, annocuned in to combine its Worldwide Agriculturapl Equipment Division and its WorldwidseCommercial & Consumer Equipment Division into a singlde unit called the Worldwide Agriculture and Turf That, in turn, meant consolidating its six U.S.
salews branch offices into two "Centers of Excellence," one in Cary and anothe in Lenexa, Kansas. The restructuring, Deerew also said at the time, would resulf in the elimination of about 200 salaried positions through voluntaruy separationsby Sept. 30. The cuts were expected to be spreadr across thenew division, including the Cary operation, whicy employs about 420. Company spokeswoman Kris Welsh says details abouft the voluntary separation have been communicatedto employees. “Sept. 30 is stilol the deadline,” she says. “Anrd after that, we will be able to tell you how the Cary offices willbe affected.
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