Biography: 

Dr. Taylor is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics in the Seidman College of Business.  His teaching focuses on logistics management, transportation policy and management, and international logistics.  Dr. Taylor also heads up Grand Valley’s Logistics Management program.

His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the manufacturing plant and distribution center location implications of the NAFTA.  He has also conducted a number of academic studies on U.S.-Canada-Mexico border crossing issues.  Additional research has been published on issues related to trucking economic regulation, ocean shipping in the Great Lakes, intermodal transportation, Michigan highway funding, "in-stock" performance levels in the supply chain, and the value of outdoor billboard advertising. 

Dr. Taylor is a past member of the National Commission on Intermodal Transportation, an 11 person Presidential Commission created to make legislative recommendations on ways to improve intermodal transportation.  He is also a past member of the National Motor Carrier Advisory Committee to the U.S. Department of Transportation, and has been a member of the Michigan Motor Carrier Advisory Committee.  He also has served on various Michigan DOT and Detroit Chamber committees focusing on Michigan transportation and logistics issues.  He is a frequent witness on international trade and transportation policy issues before Congressional and Michigan legislative committees and has spoken or debated on these topics before a number of organizations and for print and electronic media.  He has also been qualified as a Michigan court expert witness on logistics and transportation issues.

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