John Heller is VP and CIO of Caterpillar Inc. He has responsibility for Caterpillar’s Global Information Services Division, which includes the corporation’s IT and dealer business systems.

In his most recent position, prior to being named a VP by the Caterpillar Board of Directors in 2003, Heller directed Caterpillar's IT Solutions group.

Heller joined Caterpillar in 1973, holding a variety of accounting, manufacturing and planning positions at the Decatur, Ill. manufacturing facility. The majority of his more than 35-year career with the company has focused on IT, including support for finance, manufacturing, marketing and dealer systems. Heller spent three years as a division information systems manager in Geneva, Switzerland, before returning to the U.S. in technology management assignments with Caterpillar's Corporate Services and Engine Products divisions. In 2001, Heller was named director of Caterpillar's Global IT Solutions, the then-largest department of the company's Systems + Processes Division.

Heller earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Millikin University, Decatur, Ill., and a M.B.A from the University of Illinois at Urbana. He also has completed the Caterpillar Advanced Management Program.

Heller is a past member of the University of Illinois Executive M.B.A. Board. He is certified in production and inventory management and a member of the American Production and Inventory Control Society. He chairs Carter Machinery Company Board. Heller is also a member of the Research Board, the OSF Saint Francis Medical Center Community Advisory Board, the Country Club of Peoria Board, and sits on the Heartland Water Resources Council.