Greater Chicago Area, United States, August 2025 — Ryan Fiedler has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Forgent Power Solutions, a leading U.S. designer and manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment for data centers, the power grid, and energy-intensive industrial facilities. Based near Chicago, Ryan joins Forgent at an important inflection point as the company unifies multiple brands to enhance its power solutions platform.
Before joining Forgent, Ryan spent 14 years and 3 months at Caterpillar Inc., where most recently he served as Chief Financial Officer of Resource Industries (February–July 2025). In this role, he led financial strategy for a $12.4 billion sales segment with a $2.5 billion profit in 2024, covering operations in mining, construction, electrification, autonomy, and strategic procurement. From 2022 to 2025, he served as Vice President of Investor Relations, elevating Caterpillar’s valuation through enhanced messaging and analytics.
Earlier, he led global strategic finance teams as Vice President of Finance (FP&A, M&A, Corporate Services), overseeing 200 professionals across critical corporate functions. Ryan’s finance career began in investment banking at J.P. Morgan, where he supported M&A, IPOs, and capital markets, after earning a BBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Baylor University and completing executive leadership development through Duke University’s program.
At Forgent Power, Ryan will oversee financial strategy, planning, and reporting for the company as it delivers engineered-to-order, integrated electrical distribution products—from transformers and switchgear to PDUs and rack-level distribution—across North America. His extensive background in strategic finance and investor relations will support Forgent’s mission to power critical infrastructure with speed, scale, and reliability.
About Forgent Power Solutions
Forgent Power Solutions is a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of tailored electrical distribution equipment for technically demanding applications in data centers, the electric grid, and heavy industrial sectors. As a newly unified brand encompassing MGM Transformers, PwrQ, States Manufacturing, and VanTran, Forgent combines extensive product breadth and manufacturing depth with vertical integration and engineered-to-order agility to eliminate bottlenecks and enable faster, flexible power delivery
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