Douglas B Taylor is Managing Partner of Burton-Taylor International Consulting LLC, a business consulting organization focused on helping companies improve performance through improved Market Intelligence (Sector or Customer Research), Strategic Planning (BU/Company or Service/Product Strategy) and Revenue Generation (Marketing or Sales Plans).

Mr. Taylor founded the company after leaving a role as Managing Director, Customer Segment Management, Marketing & Product Development, for Thomson Financial in Asia, where he headed the Investment Management (Asset Management), Investment Banking & Research, Institutional Equities and Retail Wealth Management business units. He also led Marketing and Product Development for the region. His team completed ground breaking market, competitor, customer and user needs research, and defined a strategy which is growing Thomson revenue in the region from $60 million to $200 million, over only 5 years.

Mr. Taylor was also Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Insurance Technologies, leading the research & strategy, communications and sales enablement teams, serving the annuity and life software sectors and, before joining Thomson, was at Microsoft responsible for channel partner business strategy and relationship management in their largest customer segment.

Prior to Microsoft, Mr. Taylor spent 15 years at Reuters, in North America, South America and Europe. His roles ranged from managing sales & marketing in Brazil, where his teams grew revenue 225% and clients 600%, to heading marketing and product management for Reuters News globally, where his team was responsible for $450 million in revenue and worldwide commercial distribution policy.

Mr. Taylor has 27 years financial services, information and analytics background, carries an MBA in Marketing and Management and a BBA in Finance from the University of Oklahoma, holds 6 unique market research and analysis trademarks, and is a Board member of First State Financial Inc.