In a leadership role, Mr. Rodeghiero has managed power shift and transmission projects. He has 40 years of drivetrain experience, and has traveled to design groups in other countries helping to find solutions for controls and drivetrain systems in agricultural, construction and forestry machinery.

Background

Reno worked at John Deere after getting his degree. He was a New Product Engineer and a project manager of the Advanced Drivetrain Group. Also, for approximately 15 years, Rodeghiero was a member of the Product Safety Committee.

As a Program Manager and project engineer, Reno was involved in new product development from concept through design, prototype build, test and production startup. Reno participated in Drivetrain design reviews, and problem resolution teams for tractors, combines, forage harvesters, cotton pickers, construction and forestry equipment throughout the John Deere world wide enterprise.

At Diedrichs and Associates, Inc., Reno consults on drivetrain problems, general vehicle design problems and new implement designs.

Over his career, Rodeghiero has worked on a number of projects and technical investigations. The following list illustrates the wide variety of projects that Reno has worked on:

• Dry Clutches
   - Design of dry clutches for agricultural tractors

• Design and test of Power Shift Transmissions for Agricultural, Construction and   Forestry Equipment
   - Hydraulics, controls, wet clutches and planetary brake
   - Testing focused on lab as opposed to field
   - Established test cycles, failure reconstruction and analysis and performance development

• Agricultural Tractor Power Shift Transmission Maintenance Engineering
   - Started engineering management of engineering teams

• New Transmission for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) Market
   - Project Engineer- led design from concept through production startup

• Design, Test and Production Implementation
   - Project Engineer for new Power shift transmission for an agricultural tractor

• Drivetrain Advanced Projects
   - Manager of Drivetrain Advanced Products
   - Project Manager and Drivetrain Analysis Engineering
   - Manager of six Agricultural Tractor Drivetrain teams

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