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Douglas Taylor
Business Development Manager, TRP Laboratories
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Douglas Taylor is a seasoned business development and program management professional with more than 20 years of experience spanning automotive, manufacturing, engineering, and customer-focused product development. He currently serves as Business Development Manager at TRP Laboratories, where he works with new and existing accounts to identify testing and development solutions that support product advancement and compliance. His career began with assembly-line experience at Adelphi in Saginaw, Michigan, providing a practical foundation that he later complemented with engineering, program management, and business development expertise.
Before joining TRP Laboratories, Taylor built an extensive background with organizations including BENTELER Group, UFP Technologies, Stone Plastics and Manufacturing, and General Motors. At BENTELER, he served as a Program Manager, while at General Motors he worked as a Regional Fleet Parts Manager, developing customer relationships, supporting product trials and demonstrations, coordinating technical training, and helping grow regional fleet business. His program management experience also included overseeing product launches, engineering changes, PPAP approvals, customer programs, tooling, quality initiatives, and cross-functional collaboration. This combination of technical knowledge and commercial experience allows Taylor to understand customer requirements and connect them with practical engineering and testing capabilities.
Taylor earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University after attending Delta College and Heritage High School. His professional strengths include strategic business development, business development consulting, program management, customer relationship development, product launches, and technical problem-solving. At TRP Laboratories, he brings an engineer's understanding of products and processes together with a business development mindset, helping customers navigate testing requirements and find solutions that can accelerate development and compliance. His career reflects a progression from hands-on manufacturing experience to engineering-informed leadership in the automotive and testing industries.
Key Areas Of Focus
- 01. Business Development Consultancy
- 02. Automotive
- 03. Manufacturing
- 04. Sales
- 05. Product Launch
- 06. Digital Marketing
- 07. Engineering
- 08. Sales Management
- 09. Education
- 10. Social Networking
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