Joel Feucht is Vice President & General Manager for Large Power Systems in the Large Power Systems Division. In this role, Joel is accountable for product development of Caterpillar’s largest engines, including power systems, controls development, product support, lifecycle services and core engine components. Additionally, Joel has responsibility for executing Caterpillar’s Alternative Fuels strategy.

Feucht, a fourth-generation Caterpillar employee, joined the company in 1988 and has a broad background having held various positions in engineering, operations, purchasing, marketing and general management with increasing responsibilities within Caterpillar’s engine businesses. Prior to his current assignment, he served as General Manager for Engine Systems in the Large Power Systems Division.

Feucht completed The Executive Program at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business in 2008. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois.

David Hillman has worked in the North American commercial vehicle industry for over thirty years, including twenty-six with International Motors, a division of TRATON.  After beginning his career as an engineer designing truck suspensions, he progressed through a variety of marketing management, product development, general manager, and corporate strategy roles.  David is currently the Vice President, Integrated Technology Sales at International.

David holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA in Marketing Management from DePaul University in Chicago.

Jake is a District Sales Manager for Peterbilt Motors Company, responsible for diesel truck sales in the Western Region.  He has worked for PACCAR for seven years, and at Peterbilt dealerships before.  Growing up farming in Southern Illinois and riding in heavy equipment at a young age, he has always been a proponent of the essential role of diesel technology and biofuels in all facets of the American economy.  He will provide an update on PACCAR’s diesel product line and how Peterbilt will be meeting CARB regulations.

Colin Huwyler is a veteran of the renewable fuels industry. Prior to becoming CEO of Optimus, he was the founder and CEO of Fossil Free Fuel, a renewable fuel company, and was the Director of Research and Technology at Steel City Biofuels, a biodiesel program of Penn State University. Huwyler is the co-inventor on a number of Optimus patents, holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and earned a certificate in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business.

David Allen is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer for PepsiCo Foods North America (PFNA), which includes Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) and Quaker Foods North America (QFNA). In this role, he is responsible for driving PFNA’s execution of its PepsiCo Positive (pep+) sustainability goals and vision to build a more sustainable food system and reduce environmental impact.

David began his career with PepsiCo as an engineer in 1996. He spent 20 years in various field manufacturing and distribution leadership roles across the U.S., giving him significant breadth and depth of supply chain experience.

Prior to his current role, David served as the Senior Director of Quality and Food Safety for PFNA. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M University.

In this capacity, Jennifer has worked for the past 22 years as a liaison between the biodiesel and renewable diesel industry and the major auto, engine, and equipment manufacturers.  Her core responsibilities include educating those companies – as well as their suppliers, dealers, fleets, and other customers – on key technical advances in biodiesel and renewable diesel and guiding their efforts to support and promote the use of these clean fuels in their diesel engines and future diesel vehicle programs.

Jennifer has nearly 30 years’ experience in managing a wide variety of Public Relations, Marketing, Education and Training Programs for various clients in the Automotive and Alternative Fuels industries among others.  Jennifer earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing as well as an MBA from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio