The Effective Syndicate (TES), a consulting firm focused on operational execution for manufacturing and industrial organizations, has named Gerry O’Hanlon as its new Director of Coaching.
O’Hanlon brings over 35 years of leadership experience in packaging and industrial manufacturing. His career includes leading facilities through operational turnarounds, increasing productivity, and managing performance. In previous roles, he has improved throughput, controlled costs, and increased profitability at various sites.
As Director of Coaching, O’Hanlon will lead TES’s coaching and execution platform. He will work with private equity sponsors and portfolio company leaders to help accelerate value creation initiatives. His responsibilities include strengthening operating discipline, reducing variability in performance, and establishing systems aimed at sustainable EBITDA growth.
His focus areas are aligning executive teams with measurable value targets, installing the GSD System to improve organizational efficiency, standardizing operations across multiple manufacturing sites, and developing leadership teams that can maintain improvements after TES’s engagement ends.
Beau Groover, Founder of The Effective Syndicate, said: “Private equity-backed manufacturers operate under compressed timelines and elevated performance expectations. Gerry understands how to build execution discipline inside those environments. He doesn’t implement short-term fixes — he installs operating systems that produce durable financial results.”
O’Hanlon is known for restoring control in underperforming facilities by improving labor productivity and reinforcing accountability among frontline leaders. He uses Lean and Six Sigma methodologies along with structured leadership development to ensure lasting margin improvements.
“Manufacturing value creation requires more than strategy — it requires disciplined execution at every level of the organization,” said O’Hanlon. “TES is uniquely positioned to help portfolio companies close execution gaps, improve operational reliability, and accelerate performance gains within defined investment horizons.”
This appointment supports TES’s commitment to helping private equity sponsors and manufacturers use structured systems for better operational outcomes.
Founded in 2015, The Effective Syndicate partners with private equity firms and manufacturing leaders to improve execution performance and drive measurable results. According to the company, TES delivers an average 5:1 return on investment for clients; more than 75% extend their engagements beyond the original scope of work. The firm draws on a combined 200 years of manufacturing leadership experience and uses its GSD framework—Clarity, Teamwork, Discipline, Energy—to support sustainable value creation.
