Bio

Dave Sheridan is an Operating Partner with Palo Duro Capital and has 25-years of leadership experience within global industrial companies. Dave spent most of his career at Valspar Coatings, starting in 1996 at their Baltimore facility as a process engineer for their powder coatings, electronic molding compounds and mastics product lines, acquired from the Farboil Company. In 2001, Dave became the Plant Manager of Baltimore and went on to manage Valspar facilities in Pittsburgh, PA, Birmingham, AL and Garland, TX. Dave has held several executive roles at Valspar including Director of Project Management, Director of Operations, Market Manager for their PET Barrier business and Business Director for their Beer and Beverage Can Coatings business. In 2018, Dave left Valspar to start his own firm, Sheridan Management Group, LLC, which provides management consulting and engineering services to Industrial clients. Dave holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and a certificate from the Chicago Management Institute at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Also, he has been Certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management Institute since 2012.