Bob Taylor Email & Phone Number

Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in both the retail and wholesale distribution industry. Strong business development professional skilled in Negotiation, Budgeting, Business Planning, Customer Service, and Sales.​Bob Taylor joined Doit Best Corp. In 2001 and served as president and CEO from October 2001 to January 2016. Prior to joining Do it Best Corp., Bob served as president of Taylor’s Do it Centers in Virginia Beach, VA, and brought more than 25 years of hardware retailing experience to Do it Best Corp. management. Named one of the 1999 National Home Center News People to Watch, Bob also served for six years (1994-2000) on the Do it Best Corp. board of directors including as chairman of the board for two years. In 2012, he was inducted into the prestigious Home Channel Hall of Fame. He received the Charles G. Berwind Lifetime Achievement Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of America in 2015, and was recognized by Indiana Governor Mike Pence with the state’s Sagamore of the Wabash Award in 2016.Bob took a variety of leadership positions within his local community, serving while in Virginia Beach as chair of the Virginia Beach Chamber of Commerce, Virginia Beach Vision, the local United Way campaign, and the Better Business Bureau. Bob continued his civic and charitable activities in Fort Wayne with leadership roles locally on Corporate Council, the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership, the Regional Chamber, the Foellinger Foundation, and United Way. He also chaired the Fort Wayne Downtown Blueprint Plus and Baseball Plus committees and served for nine years on the national board for Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. Bob is also a past Chairman of the National Association of Wholesalers & Distributors.Bob most recently served on the Greater Fort Wayne, Inc. Board, as an emeritus director on the Indiana State Chamber Board and was appointed by Governor Daniels and again by Governor Pence to the board of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation. Bob also served on the board of directors for Tower Bank and LDI, Ltd.Bob returned home to Virginia Beach in 2016 and now serves as chairman of Taylor’s Do it Centers/Pleasants Hardware. He has also reconnected in his charitable and civic activities there with service on the Virginia Beach Resort Area Advisory Commission, Westminster Canterbury Board of Trustees, Virginia Beach Vision and in the lay leadership at his church.

Listed skills include Sales Management, Strategy, Strategic Planning, New Business Development, and 20 others.