Eric Van Gemeren Email & Phone Number

Prosper, TX, US

San Antonio, Texas, US

Serving more than 40,000 students in more than 300 school districts across the state, FIRST in Texas develops STEM and 21st Century skills in students, to strengthen the school-to-STEM career pipeline for Texas and inspire the next generation of innovators.FIRST in Texas uses robots/coding to teach youth to complete universally relevant/challenging.

Supporting VC and PE firms working in the industrial segment. Focused on developing market/business strategy, identifying target acquisitions and managing prospect pipeline, conducting due diligence, closing deals and integrating acquired assets

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Irving, Texas, US

• Working closely with the entire C-suite, led a direct staff of 120+ and an indirect team >3,000 across all functions/regions/business units to deliver a step-change in growth, profitability and capital efficiency while.
• Developed a bottom-up portfolio of transformation projects to restructure the organization, focus on new target market segments, re-position products and services, increase price realization, improve sales.
• In first year, delivered >$100M of incremental Operating Income and >$180M in primary working capital, while improving employee engagement by 1,500 basis points

Irving, Texas, US

• Led a staff of 1,500+ to drive organic growth over three-year horizon to achieve $400M incremental bookings through a combination of pricing, served market expansion, and new product introduction
• Reduced annual spend by 20% while exceeding new product revenue targets by 34%

Irving, Texas, US

• Led distributed resource pool of 1,200+ resources in 26 different business units in 7 different countries
• Championed the diversification of the engineered pump business through two highly successful acquisitions that added core product lines that were key for success in the industrial pump market
• Delivered $150M+ of incremental organic revenue growth through new product introduction in 2016 alone

Irving, Texas, US

• Responsible for strategy, distribution channel, market and competitor research, product management, communications, order engineering, manufacturing engineering, new product and technology development, and M&A activity.
• Led the acquisition and integration of a new business unit that created new opportunities in the pipeline market
• Improved revenue growth through distribution by 16% and revenue through new product introduction by 23%

Irving, Texas, US

• Responsible for order engineering, manufacturing engineering, and new product and technology development
• Developed standardized processes and workflows to improve on-time delivery of manufacturing documentation from ~63% to over 90%
• Improved volume of product launches by 270%, on-time delivery by 130%, and commercial success by 85%

• Worked on-site with clients in interim management roles to help drive turn-around of struggling business units or failed new ventures. Delivered $500 million in direct savings to clients

• Managed department of 100 engineers and technicians aboard surface warships during both peacetime and combat operations. Earned Peacock Sword for outstanding professional achievement
• Co-led privatization of government-operated facility to for-profit, contractor-operated business and served as the organization’s first General Manager running a $135 million P&L. Earned Canadian Decoration for.

Mba

Marine Systems Engineering

B.Eng, Mechanical Engineering