10 Caterpillar plant leaders
Plant Manager and Facility Manager are among the current titles held by these Caterpillar plant leaders, several of whom took over their plants in 2025 or 2026. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at Caterpillar from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Pick
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Andrew Pick has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since September 2009, based in the Waco Area, and also lists a Logistics Manager row at Caterpillar Inc. from 1994. The profile headline reads Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc., and Caterpillar is the only employer the listing shows for Andrew Pick.
Armando Rodríguez
LinkedInExperience: Senior Plant Manager/ Site Diretor · Caterpillar Inc.
Armando Rodríguez has been Senior Plant Manager/ Site Diretor at Caterpillar Inc. since March 2026, based in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico. Armando Rodríguez was Site 2 Manager at Morgan Advanced Materials from 2021 to 2026 and Continuous Improvement - ABS Manager at Howmet Aerospace from 2019 to 2021.
Christopher Ellis
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Christopher Ellis has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since December 2025 and lists another current Plant Manager row there from February 2024, based in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Christopher Ellis was Senior Director of Operations at Hyliion from 2021 to 2024 and Operations Manager at Daimler Truck North America from 2019 to 2021.
Daniel Martinez Villarreal
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Daniel Martinez Villarreal has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since 2012, based in Nuevo León, Mexico. At Caterpillar Inc., Daniel Martinez Villarreal was also Quality Manager from 2009 to 2011, Operations Manager from 2007 to 2009 and Six Sigma Master Black Belt from 2006 to 2007.
Edgar Garcia
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Edgar Garcia has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since May 2026, based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Edgar Garcia was Plant Director at Donaldson from 2024 to 2026, Plant Manager | 2 Sites | 4 Plants at Nemak from 2020 to 2023 and Plant Manager | 1 Site | 2 Plants at Nemak from 2018 to 2020.
Jelly Liu, CSCP, CPIM,CMA
LinkedInExperience: Plant manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Jelly Liu has been Plant manager at Caterpillar Inc. since May 2021, based in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. At Caterpillar Inc., Jelly Liu was also Quality manager of ACM China Cab and Drivetrain two plants from 2015 to 2021 and Manufacturing Engineering Manager from 2011 to 2015.
Kayla Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Kayla Johnson has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since June 2026, based in Greater Milwaukee. At Caterpillar Inc., Kayla Johnson was also Senior Operations Manager from 2022 to 2025 and Operations Group Manager 3rd Shift from 2021 to 2022, and also lists a current Senior Operations Manager row from September 2025.
Mark Koenig
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Mark Koenig has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since 2018, based in South Elgin, Illinois. At Caterpillar Inc., Mark Koenig was also Operations Manager from 2013 to 2018, Demand Manager from 2009 to 2013 and Factory Manager from 2007 to 2009.
Mauro Martinez
LinkedInExperience: Plant Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Mauro Martinez has been Plant Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since June 2025 and also lists Facility Manager at Caterpillar from the same month, based in Mexico. At Caterpillar Inc., Mauro Martinez also lists Engineering Manager from 2012 and was Quality Manager from 2011 to 2012.
Patrick Austin (Andy)
LinkedInExperience: Facility Manager · Caterpillar Inc.
Patrick Austin has been Facility Manager at Caterpillar Inc. since April 2023, based in Hodges, South Carolina, and the profile headline reads Plant Manager at Caterpillar, Inc. Patrick Austin was Group Manager at Caterpillar Inc. from 2021 to 2023 and Operations Manager at John Deere from 2014 to 2021.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own plant and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of plant can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because someone new to a plant and someone who has led it for years will describe different challenges.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took over your plant?
- 02How do you split your own time between the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a plant before leading one still shapes how you run it?
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