Chris Curfman is the Caterpillar vice president with responsibility for the Mining Sales & Support Division in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. He oversees a team of general managers with broad, regional commercial responsibility.

Curfman began his career as a sales coordinator for Wallace Machinery, then a Cat dealer in Oxnard, California. He went on to a 15-year career at Deere & Company beginning in 1979—starting as a machine sales representative in Texas. He later became the president/general manager of Equipment Remarketing Services, based in Moline, Illinois.

Curfman joined Caterpillar in 1994, serving as the rental and used equipment/attachment manager for North America. In 1999, Curfman became the managing director of Caterpillar of Australia Ltd., based in Melbourne. In 2001, he became managing director of Marketing for Caterpillar's Asia Pacific Division at its headquarters in Singapore. In 2004, Curfman became vice president of the Global Mining Division.

Curfman graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Education in 1975. He completed certificate programs in accounting and finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 and a three-year Executive Program from Louisiana State University in 1991. In 2002, Curfman completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program.

About Caterpillar:
For more than 85 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. With 2012 sales and revenues of $65.875 billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. The company also is a leading services provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing Services and Progress Rail Services. More information is available at: http://www.caterpillar.com.