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James B. Boyd
2021 - Present
James B. Boyd & Associates
Mr. Boyd is a qualified financial expert with over 20 years of experience as a CFO and SVP at four different small cap public companies. In addition, he has spent over 3 years as a CFO with two successful VC backed startups. He has worked in technology, agriculture and transportation and run $2.5B+ market cap companies with 700+ employees and 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. Personal effectiveness results from an emphasis on strategic focus, excellent judgment, team culture, mentorship and leadership presence, all with a hands-on involvement.
2014 - 2021
Marrone Bio Innovations (Public, ticker: MBII)
International developer and manufacturer of environmentally friendly biological products for the agricultural inputs industry, MBI is known as the thought leader and disruptive entrant in this high-growth, emerging segment of a $50 billion industry. Shared P&L responsibility with founder/CEO for $40M, 112-person start-up, worked closely with the Board through some extremely complex and challenging issues.
2012 - 2013
Quantenna Communications (Private)
Responsible for all financial, legal and HR functions at this 160-person start-up Wi-Fi network solutions provider; involved in all aspects of building and running company.
2010 - 2012
Link-A-Media Devices (Private)
Responsible for all financial and manufacturing functions of (120-person, $40M revenue) start-up manufacturer of SSD chips. Left upon successful sale to Hynix.
2007 - 2010
Silicon Storage Technology (Public, ticker: SSTI)
Responsible for all financial functions of this 700-person, $400 million revenue international manufacturer of memory and non-memory chips, including investor relations, SEC and internal reporting, internal audit and controls, corporate governance, policies and procedures, cost accounting, budgeting and planning, purchasing and legal. Left upon successful sale to Microchip Technolgy.
2000 - 2007
ESS Technology (Public, ticker: ESST)
Responsible for all financial and legal functions of this 540-person, $300 million revenue international manufacturer of DVD and image sensor chips; functioned as in-house legal counsel. Left upon successful sale to a private equity group.
1998 - 2000
Gatefield Corporation (Public, ticker: GATE)
Responsible for all G&A and operations in this re-engineered semiconductor manufacturer of non-volatile, reprogrammable FPGAs. Left upon successful sale to Actel Corporation. Actel has since been acquired by Microsemi.