Overview

Brian Umbenhauer was named part of the Barton School’s Fall 2022 Executive-in-Residence Duo, along with Geoff Tuff. Residents provide Barton School students, faculty and the Wichita community with vital perspectives and knowledge from industry leaders.

Umbenhauer leads Deloitte’s Private and Industrial Products & Construction US Consulting businesses. He is also the visionary and mastermind behind the recently opened Deloitte's Smart Factory @ Wichita on WSU's Innovation Campus. Over the past 25 years, he has leveraged a non-traditional approach to building and delivering differentiated marketplace value propositions for his diverse client portfolio.

Today he leverages investments like the Smart Factory @ Wichita and the enabling ecosystem to help his clients flip internal orthodoxies and reimagine the future of manufacturing, including enabling their workforce.