10 John Deere plant leaders
Factory Manager and Vice President & Factory Manager are among the current titles held by these John Deere plant leaders, including the factory managers of Horicon Works, Ottumwa Works and Des Moines Works & Hagie Manufacturing. A reader can learn how plant leaders run their sites at John Deere from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Brad Russmann
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager, John Deere Des Moines Works & Hagie Manufacturing · John Deere
Brad Russmann has been Factory Manager, John Deere Des Moines Works & Hagie Manufacturing since September 2025 and also lists a current Factory Manager, Seeding Moline row at John Deere since January 2019. At John Deere they were also Product Line Quality Manager, Combines & FEE (2012–2019) and Business Unit Manager (2000–2009).
David Will
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager · John Deere
David Will has been Factory Manager at John Deere since December 2025 and also held a Factory Manager row there (2022–2025). At John Deere they were also Business Improvement Manager (2022), Factory Engineering Manager (2020–2022) and Business Unit Manager (2017–2020). The listing places them in Bloomfield, Iowa, United States.
Erika Williams
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager · John Deere
Erika Williams has been Factory Manager at John Deere since August 2024. They were also Operations Manager at Hagie Manufacturing LLC, a John Deere Company (2022–2024), and at John Deere they were Business Unit Manager, Cotton Manufacturing (2017–2022) and Manager, Material Flow & Logistics (2016–2017). The listing places them in Ames, Iowa, United States.
F.B. Castro
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & Factory Manager · John Deere
F.B. Castro has been Vice President & Factory Manager at John Deere since July 2024. At John Deere they were also Factory Manager (2019–2024), Quality Manager (2017–2019), Operations Manager (2014–2017) and Business Unit Manager (2013–2014). The listing places them in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Area.
Jill Stoefen (Riedl)
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager, John Deere Ottumwa Works · John Deere
Jill Stoefen (Riedl) has been Factory Manager, John Deere Ottumwa Works since August 2020. At John Deere they were also Global Quality Manager, Combines and Front End Equipment (2019–2020), Manager, Program Management, Combines and Front End Equipment (2015–2019) and Factory Manager, John Deere Beit Hashita (2012).
Jim Leach
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Factory Manger, Harvester Works Seeding Moline, and Paton · John Deere
Jim Leach has been Vice President and Factory Manger, Harvester Works Seeding Moline, and Paton at John Deere since September 2025. They also list VP and Factory Manager at John Deere Harvester Works (2019–2026), and at John Deere they were Operations Manager (2015–2019) and Global Program Manager, Combines and FEE (2014–2015).
Linus Baumhauer
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager, Mannheim · John Deere
Linus Baumhauer has been Factory Manager, Mannheim at John Deere since August 2020. At John Deere they were also Director R2 Combine Business (2015–2020) and Director Supply Management for Hay & Forage Products & India (2012–2015). The listing places them in Leutershausen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Quintin Murray
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager · John Deere
Quintin Murray has been Factory Manager at John Deere since June 2023 and also lists current Operations Manager, Manager, Supply Management OFP and Business Unit Leader rows there. At John Deere they were also Manager, Material Flow and Logistics (2017–2020). The listing places them in Grovetown, Georgia, United States.
Tom Johnson
LinkedInExperience: Factory Manager · John Deere
Tom Johnson has been Factory Manager at John Deere since May 2026. At John Deere they were also Factory Manager, Davenport Works (2024–2026), Operations Manager, Davenport Works (2019–2024), Factory Manager, Seeding Group (2015–2019) and Order Fulfillment Manager - Tractor Platform (2014–2015). The listing places them in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Area.
Wayne Southall
LinkedInExperience: Horicon Works Factory Manager · John Deere
Wayne Southall has been Horicon Works Factory Manager at John Deere since January 2020. At John Deere they were also Manager, Drivetrain Operations (2013–2019), Global Engineering Operations Manager (2010–2013), 8000 Series Business Unit Manager (2008–2010) and Operations Manager (2006–2008).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's own factory and the work they describe there to your question, since running one kind of factory can look very different from running another. Weigh how recently each person took the role, because someone new to a factory 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 factory?
- 02How do you split your own time between the floor and the people you report to?
- 03What from the roles you held inside a factory before leading one still shapes how you run it?
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