KERI COLE

Keri Cole is chief financial officer for Progress Rail.

Spending most of her 26-year career in accounting, Keri joined Caterpillar in 2006 as business support manager for marine engines. Since then, she has held a variety of accounting roles within the Caterpillar Building Construction Products (BCP) Division and the Compact Construction Equipment group, plus as a product manager for compact loaders/BCP attachments.

Keri started her career working with small business clients in public accounting. She transitioned to industry relatively early in her career and has worked in various accounting roles, as well as internal audit at Dana Corporation.

Keri is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant. In 2016, she completed the Caterpillar Executive Leadership Program, a twelve-month project-based course to train future leaders, developed in partnership with Duke University. She is a member of the IMA, AICPA and NCACPA.

Keri holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama at Huntsville and a master’s degree in Accounting from the University of Tennessee at Martin.

She is married and has two daughters.