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Amy Willard

Global IT Director - Enterprise Core Platforms & Operations, Strategy & Transformation · John Deere · verified 2026-09-04

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Amy Willard is Global IT Director—Enterprise Core Platforms & Operations, Strategy & Transformation at John Deere, where she has over twenty years of experience across multiple product segments and technology stacks. She led the Information Technology function’s Agile Operating Model transformation, focusing on agility, developer experience, technology modernization, quality, and product management. More recently, she’s been driving efforts to use AI to boost productivity for both developers and knowledge workers at John Deere, running rigorous pilots—including broad experimentation—to measure impact and find scalable patterns. She is also a frequent conference speaker and a contributing author on organizational leadership and technology modernization.

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