NEWS: Doug Halbert Joins The INSIGHT Group

Building Insight's Thought Leadership

Doug Halbert, Former Tech Data Executive, joins

The INSIGHT Group

January 10, 2022 | The INSIGHT Group announced today that that Doug Halbert, Former Vice President & General Manager of Tech Data Global Services Delivery, has joined the executive consulting firm as a Partner.

Doug brings extensive global operational experience in the rapidly changing product and services business environment working, at firms ranging in size from multi-billion-dollar public companies to private start-ups. Doug has an impressive record delivering high growth while restructuring environments with a specific focus on operations and logistics. Doug has held senior global executive roles for Tech Data, Avnet, Hewlett Packard, Agilent Technologies, and Acterna. He was also Chief Operating Officer at WAGIC, Inc., Senior Vice President of Operations at Brilliant Telecommunications, and Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Symmetricom. Doug has an enviable track record as a Global executive having worked extensively with teams across Japan, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and Western Europe. He was also a key member of the Executive Team that took Agilent Technologies public. In addition to his leadership roles, Doug has many operational accomplishments to his resume:

"...Doug brings us a great combination of 'How To' experience, having successfully run significant products and services development and delivery organizations, as well as being an industry 'thought leader' with a pragmatic approach to helping clients implement innovative services and solutions...”
-Tom Esposito, Chairman

Led the development and implementation of Tech Data Services global delivery and project management office for services and solutions,
Managed businesses and partners in > twenty countries,
Reduced operational costs >$300M at Agilent

Doug is a leader in building and operating all aspects of best-in-class products and services delivery businesses achieving high levels of customer service, financial performance and quality.

“We continue to add to our services and solutions industry leadership team. Doug brings us a great combination of 'How To' experience, having successfully run significant products and services development and delivery organizations, as well as being an industry 'thought leader' with a pragmatic approach to helping clients implement innovative services and solutions that address the challenges currently facing global technology logistics / supply chains and services businesses” said Tom Esposito, INSIGHT’s Co-Founder and Chairman.

At INSIGHT, Doug will be responsible for their Technology Product Lifecycle and Supply Chain Management Services & Support Practices.

The INSIGHT Group is an executive management consulting firm dedicated to assisting product-based companies implement high growth services and solutions business plans and strategies. We help clients design and execute broad transformational initiatives including go to market strategies as they extend their product portfolio to include delivering capabilities as a service. Our partners are experienced line executives with a proven track record of helping our clients transform from a product-focused company to services and solutions led company.