Doug was born in Schwaigern, Germany and raised in Utah in a close-knit family. He watched his dad take a design and an idea and build it into a successful business. Doug's dad spent 300 days a year on the road, but he'll tell you it wasn't about selling. It was about building relationships. Hal built The Little Giant Ladder Company literally from the ground up, selling the product himself and in-person to customers big and small all over the country.

On his own team, Hal believed that the best gift you could give someone was the gift of opportunity. As a result, The Little Giant Ladder Company has many employees that spent the duration of the career working for Hal and the Wing family at Little Giant.

That gift of opportunity was given to Doug at an early age. Doug worked in all phases of the business, starting in production in his teenage years. Throughout his career, Doug literally worked his way up the Little Giant Ladder.

Sharing the same heart for people as his father, Hal, Doug has more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing, operations, sales, sales leadership and executive management. In the last five years of his career with Little Giant, Doug oversaw the cable and telecom industry and was responsible for more than $150 million in sales revenue.