As head of Caterpillar’s analytics team, the ­former Accenture consultant has been tasked with transforming the 91-year-old bulldozer and hydraulic mining shovel­maker into a “digital first,” data-driven company. Her 120-person group has been overhauling internal processes and developing new, customer-facing software services, like a tool that uses sensor-based data to predict when equipment will wear out long ­before it does. The division is also experimenting with drone data to optimize large job sites.