Jay Geldmacher

Jay Geldmacher is Executive Vice President of Emerson & President of Emerson Network Power’s Embedded Computing & Power group of companies (6 Business Units). Under his leadership, the Embedded Computing & Power group has grown from $300 million to $2 billion in size as one of the world leaders of power conversion & computing products. The company, headquartered in Carlsbad, California, currently employs more than 31,000 people with operations on three continents. Traveling an average of 250,000 miles a year, Jay leads by example and has been consistently recognized for his innate ability to identify and rapidly capitalize upon global market opportunities. During his tenure at Emerson, Jay has led the company to record levels of financial and operating successes, and his outstanding performance has earned him considerable accolades and substantially higher levels of responsibility. At the present time, he is one of only 15 key executives reporting directly to the Chairman & CEO of Emerson, the $20 billion parent company that employs in excess of 130,000 people worldwide. Jay attended the University of Arizona on a full basketball scholarship where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marketing, followed by an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago.