Eric A. Spiegel
Eric A. Spiegel (born September 11, 1957), an American business executive is President and CEO of Siemens USA, a subsidiary of the Siemens Corporation. He took office in January 2010.
Biography
He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and attended Poland Seminary High School where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track & field. In 2011, he was named to the Poland Seminary High School sports Hall of Fame. He received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College in 1980, where he started at left tackle for the varsity football team. His senior economic honors thesis was on the future of nuclear energy in New England. He received an MBA in 1987 from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
He is the Chairman of Ford's Theatre Society Board in Washington, D.C. and a member of The Board of Overseers at Tuck School of Business. Vice-Chair of the Education and Workforce Committee at the Business Roundtable, a board member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and of the Site Council for President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home.
He lives in McLean, Virginia.
Business career
Spiegel's first positions were at Brown Boveri (now ABB) and Temple, Barker & Sloane, Inc.(now Oliver Wyman). He worked at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1986-2008. From 1999-2003, he worked in Tokyo as Managing Director of Booz Allen Hamilton International. From 2008-2010, he worked in Washington DC as Managing Partner of 's Booz and Company's global energy, chemicals and power consulting practice and led the firm's Washington, D.C. office. He was an original member of the Board of Directors for Booz & Company and was previously a member of the Board of Directors for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
Authorship
He co-authored the 2009 book 'Energy Shift: Game-changing Options for Fueling the Future,' which has been translated into Spanish (by Armando Valencia),[1] and Japanese.[2][3]
References
External links
- USA Today, Siemens CEO: U.S. can compete via innovation, 1/24/2012.
- Financial Times, Why the U.S. is Looking to Germany, April 14, 2013.
- Washington Post, America has a training gap, April 23, 2013.
- Wall Street Journal, The Experts: What is the #1 Technology Issue Facing Companies Today?, May 14, 2013.
- Deutsche Welle, Siemens strengthens business ties with US government, July 27, 2013.