James B Boyd
Experienced Board Member & Advisor
Qualified Financial Expert
Mr. Boyd is a qualified financial expert with over 20 years of experience at four different small cap public companies. In addition, he has spent over 3 years with two successful VC backed startups. He has worked in technology, agriculture and transportation and run $2.5B+ market cap companies with operations all over the world. His depth of experience includes conducting 20 years of public company earnings calls and investor conferences, 23 years of leading and participating in board and audit committee meetings, internal controls, oversight of audit and ESG functions as well as hundreds of M&A, and debt and equity transactions.
ADVISORY AND COUNSULTING PRACTICE
Mr. Boyd is available to assist companies and people who seek to make a difference. Mr. Boyd believes long-term high growth and profitability is best achieved through teamwork, diversity, respect, consideration, vision, as well as creativity and commitment.
GAAP/SEC/NASDAQ/HR ENVIRONMENT
Mr. Boyd’s specialty is advising public companies, pre-IPO companies, and troubled companies. The current ESG/GAAP/SEC/NASDAQ environment has become very complex. These complications can distract from the rapid execution of critical elements of a business’ strategy unless they are handled quickly, expertly and early on.
ESG EXPERINCE
Prior to retirement, Mr. Boyd chose a CFO position at Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. (MBII) because he saw a chance to make a real difference in the world. MBII manufactures and markets organic pesticides and plant health products that are a direct and effective replacement for the toxic chemicals currently used in agriculture. There he met a dedicated founder and CEO who was as committed as he was to the environment and good governance. Together, they built a company and culture that is the epitome of ESG principles.
Concern about greenwashing has motivated Mr. Boyd to explore how to implement and measure meaningful ESG change. Mr. Boyd has now started his own consulting business focused on helping good people with good intentions create and run successful responsible small cap companies.
Boardroom
During his 23-year career as a public and private company CFO, Mr. Boyd attended and presented at all Board and Audit Committee meetings. Additionally, he participated in many meetings of both the Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees. Mr. Boyd is currently a member of a private board and of a foundation.
LEADERSHIP
As a trusted leader and mentor, Mr. Boyd recognizes individual contributions, high values, positive attitudes and commitment. He created corporate cultures that emphasized team work, honesty, integrity, diversity, equality and fairness. He empowered employees by pushing through good ideas from below, setting up interdepartmental SWAT teams to collectively solve difficult challenges, providing positive, consistent and transparent communication and support, recognizing contribution and integrity, mentoring, and finally, hiring and promoting based on a set of core values. He reenforced all of these efforts through strong policies and procedures which everyone recognized as setting a high bar for personal and corporate responsibility. The challenges and complexities of leading a business, developing a successful business strategy and mentoring the team are what Mr. Boyd excels at; all affirmed by the personal success, tenure and attitudes of the people who worked for him at each of his companies
Highlights
20 Years As Small Cap Public Company CFO
7 Years Leading A Company That is the Epitome of ESG Responsibility
Significant Crisis Management - 2 Restatements & 2 Restructures
Qualified Financial Expert
ESG Expertise
Advisor, Coach & Mentor
- Proud husband and father. Enjoys fitness activities, wine tasting, collector cars and spending time with family and friends
- Strong success as a highly respected C-level executive and cultural leader
- Alongside the CEO, successfully managed the overall operations of 4 public companies and 2 VC funded start-ups
- Conducted 20 years of quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences, press releases, SEC reporting, annual financial and 404 controls audits, implementation of several ERP systems and many significant GAAP rule changes
- Managed two public-company restatements and resulting SEC and Nasdaq investigations, implemented initial 404 internal controls in two public and one pre-public companies
- Developed agendas and presented at 23 years of Board and Audit meetings as well as numerous other committee meetings at 4 public and 2 VC funded startups
- Three successful exits to larger companies and one to private equity, and billions of dollars of complex lease, debt and equity transactions including public offerings, CMPOs, PIPEs, ATMs, LOCs, M&As, and warrant and debt restructurings
- Significant crisis management including: two restatements, two major restructures, two class action lawsuits, 911, 2008 recession, a hostile takeover, two activist shareholder attacks and CEO transitions
- Significant international experience in Asia, Europe, Eastern Block, Latin and South America. Set up and managed several international tax structures including one that achieved a 3% worldwide effective tax rate for many years
James B Boyd & Associates
Deep Experience Managing Small Cap Public Companies
Consulting Overview
Mr. Boyd has run small cap public companies alongside the CEO for over 23 years in 6 different corporations. As such he has set up and managed individual companies being intimately involved with and impacting all functions. Mr. Boyd is very experienced in financial, governance, controls. culture and oversight of public and international companies from start-up to mature organizations. The companies he has guided include market caps from $200M to $2.5B, employees from 70 to 700, revenues from pre-revenue to $400M annually.
Consulting Services
Mr. Boyd has extensive experience and specializes in advising and assisting boards and management teams in the areas mentioned below:
- board and executive team coaching
- team building and leadership coaching
- corporate governance and culture development
- audit committee operations including oversight of audit and ESG functions
- restructures, restatements and turnaround
- crisis management, investor and public relations, shareholder activist campaigns
- planning, strategy, M&A due diligence, financial analysis & modeling
- complex debt and equity advisory including IPOs, follow-ons, CMPO, PIPE, ATM, lease, lines of credit, debt and warrant restructure
In addition, Mr. Boyd has associates he can engage to help with most board, business, regulatory, and financial aspects of managing a small cap public company.
Coach & Mentor
Mr. Boyd is known for his ability to lead, inspire and empower. His ability to communicate culture and vision unites employees to understand their critical role in realizing that culture and vision. People love to work for him because of the respect and mentoring he gives back to them. His experience, judgment and presence make people want to come to work each day, be part of the team, and become deeply committed to their joint goals.
