Mr. Douglas Hall
Principal, RTF, LLC
Member of the Automotive Council
Council Member Biography
Douglas Hall is the Managing Director of RTF, LLC, where he provides consulting, market research, and training services to the automotive industry. Previously, he was the Vice President of Lear Corporation's General Motors Division from 2003 until January 2006. Mr. Hall was responsible for all profit/loss management for 29 vehicle platforms and 41 plants representing $2.9B in annual revenue. He oversaw all aspects of Sales, Program Management, and Engineering and Design. Mr. Hall was the President of Lear's European Expansion Efforts, where he oversaw 34 vehicle lines representing $1.8B in annual sales. He has expertise and experience with Seating, Interiors, and Electronics. Doug has spent over 18 years as an executive of a Tier 1 Supplier including Director of Chrysler's Interior Components Group, a Sales Manager for Masland Industries, and a Purchasing Director of Seamco, Inc. (This is me - Update Profile)
Employment History
- 2008 - Unspecified
- Principal, RTF, LLC
- 2003 - 2006
- Vice President, GM Division, LEAR CORPORATION
- 2000 - 2003
- President-European Operations, Lear Corporation
- 1998 - 2000
- Vice President WW Sales & Marketing GM/Fiat Divisi, Lear Corporation
- 1996 - 1998
- Director, Lear Corporation
- 1991 - 1996
- Sales Manager, Masland Industries
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Douglas Hall
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April 22, 2009
Chrysler CEO Says New Board Coming With Fiat Deal | www.nytimes.com
The U.S. Government in cooperation with the Senior Management of Fiat is going to appoint a new board of directors for this new joint company. Fiat is for all practical purposes a two market auto manufacturer; the home country…Italy (62%), and South America (38%). Chrysler LLC is a one market manufacturer in North America (72%) (Recognizing Graz, Austria (28%) for Minivans & Jeep). Respectively in those markets both companies loose money.
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Automotive Tier–One Suppliers; North American Top 15… For Now!
March 5, 2009
GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com
In light of the current financial meltdown of the Global Automotive Market I looked at the North American sector to identify the specific commodities of vulnerability to the OEM’s.
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March 2, 2009
GM’s Wagoner Meets With Auto Panel for Six Hours | www.bloomberg.com
Publications have used many adjectives over the years to describe the automotive tier one supply base; troubled, distressed, beleaguered, crippled, restructuring, etc... But the last six months it has interesting and painful to watch how the descriptions have progressively deteriorated to the most recent “unable to remain solvent”.
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GM / Ford – Restructuring “simplified”
February 6, 2009
GM, Ford Sales Collapse May Force Deeper Industry Restructuring | www.bloomberg.com
Restructuring plans are simple; “What do we design?”, “What do we engineer?”, “What do we manufacture?”, “What do we assemble?” Brand it, Market it, Sell it and get rid of the rest.
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Bill Heard Enterprises – “Closed”
October 2, 2008
Major GM Dealer Bill Heard Goes Out of Business | online.wsj.com
As single brand dealership stores fail so does the OEM brand image. You can spin it anyway you like; Independent Dealer, poor management, bad financial risk but at the end of the day perception is reality.
GLG Study Groups with Douglas Hall(?)
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Experts in the Automotive Council | 4054 |
| Semiconductor & Component Experts | 712 |
| Semiconductor Experts | 585 |
| Semiconductor Experts (North America) | 443 |
| Fleet Management Experts | 339 |
GLG Live Meetings with Douglas Hall(?)
Douglas Hall has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.
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