David W. Allen

Senior Advisor and Operating Partner

TriPointe Capital Partners

David W. Allen

David Allen serves as a Senior Advisor and Operating Partner at TriPointe Capital Partners. Mr. Allen served as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Management at Advance Auto Parts, Inc. since July 9, 2014. Mr. Allen has also served in the following positions:

  • Executive Vice President of Operations at Del Monte Corporation
  • Executive Vice President of DelMonte Foods
  • Chief Executive Officer of Worldchain
  • Senior Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain at Del Monte Corporation
  • Principal at Dell Ventures
  • Consultant at Del Monte Corporation
  • Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Foodservice
  • Chief Executive Officer of WorldChain, Inc.
  • Vice President of Worldwide Operations at Dell Inc.
  • Director of DineInFresh, Inc. 
  • Director of OneNetwork Enterprises
  • Independent Director of American Italian Pasta Company, Inc. 
  • Mr. Allen served a variety of positions at Frito-Lay North America, where he served as Senior Vice President of Operations and led 52 plants, 200 distribution centers, procurement, engineering, logistics and sales operations teams.

 Mr. Allen holds a B.E.E. from Kettering University and received a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard University.

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