Joseph Liefer
Marketing Ag & Turf products at John Deere
- Role
- Director, Marketing Communications & Insights at John Deere
- Location
- Moline, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Joseph Liefer
Focused on bringing technology to the farm. Farmers are faced with feeding the growing population. Through the use of technology - they are doing just that. Honored to work in the business of agricultural. Professional SummaryAs a senior product manager for autonomy for the Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG) at John Deere, where I am focused on discovering what farmers will need in their first autonomous products, and then working with engineering to develop those solutions. I have held numerous roles over my 16-year career with John Deere, most notably working as a portfolio manager for the global application product line, where I orchestrated the portfolio evolution from North America centric to a global application platform for precision ag technologies. I hold a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology and global executive master’s in business administration from Duke University.
Experience
Director, Marketing Communications & Insights
Feb 2026 — Present
Education
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical engineering
2001 — 2006
Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General
2015 — 2016
Skills
- 5s
- Manufacturing
- Project Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Strategy
- Six Sigma
- Business Process Improvement
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Supply Chain Management
- Engineering
- Value Stream Mapping
- Process Improvement
- Product Development
- Continuous Improvement
- Management
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