John C. May is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Deere & Company. He is responsible for leading a team of more than 82,000 employees in 30+ countries across the globe on a journey to unlock customer value and revolutionize the industries in which we compete. As Chairman and CEO, he is focused on the execution of the company’s Smart Industrial strategy, which accelerates the integration of advanced technology with Deere's legacy of manufacturing excellence. The strategy’s areas of focus include aligning operations by production systems, or the way Deere's customers work, delivering breakthrough technologies through an intuitive technology stack, and enri