Luigi Peluso

Mr. Peluso joined Delta after many years in consulting, business and equity investing .He is a senior executive leader with deep experience in discrete manufacturing, high tech, aerospace and defense, and process industries. In particular, he works with executives to find innovative ways to leverage and implement best business practices and advanced technologies to create value. He is active in the private equity marketplace having successfully completed multiple transactions.

His 18+ years of consulting, research and experience has included clients such as United Technologies Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand, Danaher, EMC, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, AT&T, Johnson Controls, Knight-Ridder, Pitney Bowes, and Dupont. He has held senior executive positions (including P&L responsibility) in Sales and Marketing and operating roles in Engineering. Mr. Peluso has had functional and personnel accountability for Sales, Marketing, Distribution, Customer Service, New Product Development, Product Management, and Professional Services Delivery in both Domestic and International markets.

Mr. Peluso has been the lead instructor for courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for executives and graduate students co-sponsored by MIT's Sloan Business School and Graduate School of Engineering. He has taught in the Graduate School of Business for the University of Chicago. Mr. Peluso has been an adjunct faculty member of Clemson University and led seminars for New York University. Mr. Peluso co-authored The People Dimension:

Managing the Transition to World Class Manufacturing. He has contributed to several other books and articles on business and operations strategy including works by thought leaders such as James Champy, Fred Wiersema, Tom Peters, and Jordan Lewis. Mr. Peluso speaks frequently before professional societies and associations. His talks focus on strategy and business best practice deployment.

Mr. Peluso earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute and holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut.