the Radcliff Group: Luigi A. Peluso

Luigi A. Peluso
President
Industrial Revolutions

Mr. Peluso is the Managing Member of IR Advisors. 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 support and enhance performance.

Mr. Peluso is a thought leader in supply chain management including procurement, manufacturing, distribution and logistics. He has been responsible for developing and deploying intellectual capital for several market leading consulting firms. He has led teams of leading research, consulting, and industry experts to drive competitive advantage in organizations. These teams have generated new operating strategies and products, developed business cases, selected strategic partners, implemented new business processes, deployed best practices, and effectively managed risk and change.

Luigi has been a Vice President at CSC Index and The Concourse Group and a Partner at Benchmarking Partners. Many of his clients have been acclaimed in the business press for their achievements and improved operating performance. Several of his clients have also been featured in best selling books on business management.

His 18+ years of research and experience have 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. Luigi 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.