Leadership shaped by operations, strengthened by data, and built for measurable value creation.
Delta Driver’s team brings together operating leadership, private equity advisory experience, sourcing expertise, and dashboard-guided execution. Across due diligence, interim leadership, value creation, and spend visibility, the common thread is the same: define the problem clearly, quantify the opportunity accurately, and build management systems that help performance hold after the engagement ends.
Leaders who have worked inside complex manufacturing and supply chain environments, not just studied them from the outside.
Business intelligence, structured diagnostics, and practical management systems that make decisions clearer and faster.
Experience translating value creation goals into operational priorities that support EBITDA growth and enterprise value.
What makes Delta Driver’s team different
Delta Driver was built around a simple belief: value creation improves when subject matter expertise, data visibility, and hands-on execution stay connected. That belief shows up in the team’s backgrounds and in the major developments they have created for clients.
- Operations leadership shaped inside demanding manufacturing environments
- Private equity advisory experience tied to realistic execution expectations
- Diagnostic, dashboard, and sourcing tools that accelerate decision-making
- Partner-led service delivery with a broader resource pool behind the work
The leadership team behind Delta Driver
Each partner brings a distinct strength to Delta Driver’s model, but all three reinforce the same message: clearer visibility, better problem definition, stronger execution, and more sustainable results.
Paul Manring
Paul Manring built his career inside manufacturing environments where performance was never theoretical. It was measured daily in throughput, cost, service, and quality. Early roles at companies such as Dannon, Gerber, and Leprino Foods built a foundation in high-volume, high-expectation operations, where disciplined execution, strong systems, and leadership alignment were essential to performance at scale.
Those experiences were followed by turnaround and leadership roles at MSC and Roundy’s, where the focus shifted from optimization to stabilization—restoring control, improving cash flow, and building sustainable operating structures. As Director of Operations at Butter Buds, he led a full operational transformation that reduced inventory, improved utilization, achieved SQF certification, and rebuilt infrastructure to support long-term growth. That experience reinforced a lesson that remains central to Delta Driver’s philosophy today: improvement only matters if it is sustained through systems, visibility, and accountability.
Those operating experiences led to the founding of Delta Driver in 2016. Paul built Delta Driver to bridge the gap between strategy and execution, especially in private equity environments where value creation depends on measurable operational improvement. Across engagements, he has worked with portfolio companies and consulting teams to identify risk, improve efficiency, and implement management operating systems that sustain results beyond the engagement. His approach combines more than 25 years of operational leadership with business intelligence tools, Lean principles, and ISO-based process discipline. In every engagement, the objective is the same: create clarity, improve control, and deliver measurable results that increase EBITDA and enterprise value.
Bob Brennan
Bob Brennan is a senior operations and private equity advisor with more than 35 years of experience driving transformational improvement across manufacturing, packaging, and industrial businesses in North America and Europe. He has partnered with private equity sponsors and portfolio company executives to unlock EBITDA growth, improve operational resilience, and accelerate value creation through data-driven diagnostics and hands-on execution.
His background includes extensive C-suite, general management, and operating leadership experience with privately held, financially sponsored, and Fortune 200 manufacturing businesses. As a former President and CEO, he led operations large and small, drove significant productivity improvement, and delivered lasting cultural change. His consulting work includes leading a private equity advisory practice serving middle-market clients in North America and Europe, where he built and managed a high-performing team and led operational due diligence engagements across paper, packaging, food and beverage, building products, personal care, and related sectors.
Bob’s work consistently centers on identifying and quantifying value creation potential, creating practical execution roadmaps, and helping management teams translate opportunity into measurable operating and financial outcomes. He is known for a practical and collaborative style that connects strategic intent with operational reality. His areas of expertise include operational due diligence, diagnostic assessment, value creation implementation, Lean methodology, strategic sourcing, productivity improvement, interim leadership, and quality-focused operational execution.
Owen Schmidt
Owen Schmidt is a performance-driven executive with more than 25 years of experience in supply chain, transportation, distribution, and manufacturing leadership across domestic and international operations. His background spans strategic sourcing, logistics, P&L management, enterprise systems integration, and large-scale operating execution. He has managed more than $100 million in annual sourcing spend and led procurement programs that delivered more than 22% cost reduction in food ingredients and packaging through disciplined, data-driven processes.
Owen has deep experience in the complex supply chains of the U.S. dairy industry, including direct procurement of ingredients for creameries and dairy processors. He also brings substantial experience working with major foodservice distributors and designing integrated supply chains in franchise-based and multi-location business models. In executive roles with full P&L responsibility, he has overseen large inventory operations, led teams across IT, sales, operations, customer service, and finance, and helped scale infrastructure from $18 million to $225 million in sales in under six years.
His consulting experience includes capital sourcing, lease restructuring, cost containment, and supply chain transformations that deliver rapid and sustainable value. Owen is especially effective in environments that require enterprise systems integration and strong data visibility. That combination of sourcing discipline, systems understanding, and operational breadth makes him a key part of Delta Driver’s ability to deliver speed with data.
Major developments that reinforce the Delta Driver message
Across the leadership team, the strongest developments are not abstract frameworks. They are practical tools that improve visibility, sharpen problem definition, quantify opportunity, and make better execution easier.
Paul Manring — Digitized lead sustainment
Built a proprietary marketing workflow that continuously supports new opportunities by applying the same quantify-correct-sustain mindset Delta Driver uses in client work.
Bob Brennan — Process Capability Assessment
Created a benchmark-driven tool that helps prospects see where EBITDA opportunity exists across the supply chain before committing to a broader engagement.
Owen Schmidt — Spend cube intelligence
Developed a spend visibility model that turns fragmented purchasing data into a clear sourcing management tool with measurable savings potential.
A broader pool of resources behind the partner team
Delta Driver’s partner-led model is strengthened by a broader network of professionals the team has worked with throughout their consulting careers. That extended resource pool allows Delta Driver to stay focused on what it does best while bringing in additional strength where specialized support, speed, or depth is needed.
How the extended network strengthens delivery
The broader resource pool expands Delta Driver’s reach across manufacturing, sourcing, diligence, planning, quality, and execution support. This gives the firm flexibility to match the right operating experience to the right problem without losing the partner-level accountability that clients expect.
- Experienced operators and advisors who understand plant, supply chain, and procurement realities
- Additional depth for diagnostics, assessments, sourcing programs, and implementation support
- Cross-functional reinforcement during periods of rapid change, diligence, or value creation execution
- Scalable support without losing the data-driven, operator-led character of the firm
Illustrative strength by service category
The chart below reflects the relative concentration of skills in Delta Driver’s broader resource pool.
How the team supports Delta Driver’s promise
The team’s backgrounds and the resource network behind them support the same client promise repeated across the rest of the site: faster clarity, better execution, and improvements built to last.
Stronger problem definition
The team’s operating depth helps clients define the right problem early, which improves scope, decision quality, and the speed of useful action.
Practical use of data
Business intelligence is used as a management tool, not decoration—helping leaders see performance clearly, validate assumptions, and prioritize action.
Sustained value creation
The objective is not one-time analysis. It is better operating control, stronger management rhythm, and measurable results that continue after Delta Driver leaves.
Start with a team that understands both operating reality and value creation.
Whether the need is due diligence, spend visibility, rapid diagnostics, interim leadership, or value creation execution, Delta Driver brings experienced leadership, data-guided tools, and a broader resource network that can help move from uncertainty to measurable results.