Leadership Spotlight: Karl Weiss, VP, Material Handling and Underground Division, Caterpillar Inc.

We are thrilled to have Karl Weiss, VP, Material Handling and Underground Division, at Caterpillar Inc., join us as the Opening Keynote speaker at the American Manufacturing Summit, which will be held in Lombard, IL from March 27-28. He will be the discussing “Manufacturing Strategy and Helping Customers Win Through Operational Excellence”.

Since joining Caterpillar in 1992, Karl has had various assignments within product development at Caterpillar’s Decatur, Joliet, and Aurora facilities, primarily focused on large machine structural design. He has also taken on international assignments in Geneva, Switzerland and Beijing, China. Since 2013, Karl has been a Caterpillar Inc. Vice President, previously of the Earthmoving division and currently of the Material Handling and Underground division.

We sat down with Karl in advance of the event to talk about his career, his own leadership style, and what he will be talking about at the American Manufacturing Summit.

Questions Answered:

• How would you describe your leadership style?
• What are the most important minutes of the day to sustain and grow your organizational goals?
• What is the best piece of advice you’ve received in your career?
• What was the toughest challenge you’ve faced in your career and how did you overcome it?
• What is the smallest change you have made within your role that has made the biggest impact?

Click through to read the interview with Karl Weiss.