Eric Geary

Corporate Strategy | Business Unit Strategy | Corporate Development | M&A | Strategic Investments | Startups | Digital | New Business Creation | Industrial Tech

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

I am a seasoned strategy and business development professional with deep experience structuring and solving complex business problems and developing effective enterprise-level growth strategies. I have built and led high-impact teams of 2 to 20+ staff members across a variety of demanding environments, ranging from my current leadership role at TE Connectivity to previous roles in Silicon Valley, Fortune 50, and management consulting settings. I am an agile thought leader with experience across a broad range of industries / market verticals, including electrical hardware, automotive, aerospace and defense, medical devices, digital health, and pharmaceuticals. My expertise includes: corporate / growth / go-to-market strategy formulation, digital business model creation, business development / strategic alliance / joint venture / strategic partnership initiatives, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestitures, and strategic marketing. With $16B+ in 2022 sales, TE Connectivity provides solutions that power electric vehicles, aircraft, digital factories, and smart homes and delivers innovation that enables life-saving medical care, sustainable communities, efficient utility networks, and the global communications infrastructure. For more than 75 years, TE Connectivity has partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing products that make a connected world possible. With a focus on reliability and durability, the unmatched range of TE Connectivity's product portfolio enables companies large and small to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Experience

  • Vice President, Strategy and M&A at TE Connectivity
    2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    TE Connectivity is a $16B global industrial technology manufacturing leader. I lead strategy and business development / M&A globally for the Transportation Solutions segment, a $9B global business offering highly engineered and differentiated products and solutions for Automotive, Industrial & Commercial Transportation, and Sensors applications.

  • Vice President, Strategy and M&A at Eaton
    2020 - 2022 · 2 yrs

    Responsible for strategy and M&A efforts globally for Eaton's Electrical Sector. Particular focus areas: • Driving annual strategic planning process and articulating Electrical Sector strategies and priorities to internal and external audiences • Identifying and assessing emerging industry / market adjacencies linked to Eaton's evolution as an intelligent power management company • Developing an acquisition pipeline to advance Eaton's strategic and financial priorities and leading efforts connected to specific merger, acquisition, divestiture, and alliance / partnership opportunities • Conducting ongoing assessment of the health and competitive positioning of the business

  • Flex (San Francisco Bay Area)
    • Vice President, M&A and Strategic Investments
      2017 - 2020 · 3 yrs

      Member of leadership team for $2B medical device contract design and manufacturing business unit. • Led development and execution of M&A strategies and divestiture activities for business unit • Oversaw strategic investments in affiliated companies to develop capabilities / enable market access in attractive adjacencies • Collaborated with business unit leadership team and corporate stakeholders to identify, prioritize, pursue, and capture customer opportunities delivering significant future revenue growth

    • Senior Director, Corporate Strategy
      2014 - 2017 · 3 yrs

      Advised C-level executives at Flex (a $24B Sketch-to-Scale™ solutions company) on critical strategic issues and led enterprise-level strategic, business development, and organizational transformation initiatives. Managed cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams to achieve key strategic objectives. Led efforts to identify, recruit, develop, and retain world-class strategy talent.

  • Manager, Corporate Strategy at United Technologies Corporation
    2011 - 2014 · 3 yrs

    Advised C-level executives of United Technologies' $6.5B Sikorsky helicopter division on critical strategic issues and corporate development priorities. Managed cross-functional teams to execute enterprise growth strategies and achieve corporate development priorities.

  • Engagement Manager at Booz Allen Hamilton
    2007 - 2011 · 4 yrs

    Engagement Manager leading strategy consulting teams advising S&P 500 clients, private equity firms, and select federal government agencies on strategic matters. Focus areas included general market evaluations, international market entry assessments, go-to-market strategies, merger and acquisition activities, and enterprise-level strategic investments and partnerships.