Caterpillar names group president

Caterpillar Inc. has named Denise Johnson, currently vice president with responsibility for the Material Handling & Underground Division, as group president of Resources Industries. The appointment, which follows the recently announced retirement of Group President Ed Rapp, takes effect April 1, 2016.

Johnson joined the company in 2011 as the general manager of its Specialty Products business unit. She previously worked for 22 years at General Motors, where she built deep expertise in operations and product management in a series of positions in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil.

Johnson has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, as well as dual master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.