John Thomas Boyd
Senior Product & Technology Executive
Raleigh, NC
Executive Summary
Product and technology executive with decades of experience driving revenue growth and market expansion across Fortune 50 companies and PE-backed organizations. Proven track record building and scaling product portfolios—from 0-to-1 product creation to $500M+ ARR management.
Deep expertise in agentic AI and generative AI, translating emerging technology into customer value and new revenue streams. Led product and technology strategy at PE-backed company through $200M exit. Delivers $7B+ in ROI through AI-powered innovation.
Known for defining product vision, establishing product-market fit, and building customer-centric organizations that deliver sustainable growth.
Career Journey
Vice President, Solutions Product Management
Steered global strategy overseeing $500M+ ARR portfolio in Financial Services, Healthcare, and IoT. Directed team of over 65, coordinating product road maps and guiding technical architecture.
- •Delivered $20M+ in annual cost savings through strategic portfolio optimization
- •Launched GenAI-driven code generation, increasing engineering throughput by 15x
- •Drove $15M revenue uplift by transforming service-based to product-based revenue models
- •Filed patent application for AI/ML-powered data optimization solutions
Head of Health & Life Sciences R&D
Directed diverse team of over 50 professionals in software development, data science, cloud deployment, quality assurance, and regulatory affairs within the health and life sciences sector.
- •Drove enterprise-wide agile transformation delivering 3x increase in team productivity
- •Transitioned from 2-3 year release timelines to quarterly deployments
- •Engineered next-generation healthcare AI platform with FHIR, OMOP, X12 interoperability
Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer
Oversaw comprehensive product and technology operations for SurePoint, a leading middle-market Legal ERP firm. Managed diverse teams across product development, engineering, data science, quality assurance, infrastructure, and security with a workforce of 40 and a budget allocation of $20M.
- •Accelerated enterprise valuation by 400%, $150M organic increase within two years
- •Doubled revenues from $10M to $20M through cloud-enabled mainframe modernization
- •Scaled engineering organization 8x in six months
Enterprise Product CTO
Guided development and strategy for enterprise application, integration, infrastructure, and DevOps roadmaps. Led architecture efforts to support $25B aviation engines unit.
- •Steered enterprise ERP modernization generating $24M in annual cost savings
- •Streamlined delivery of 700+ integrations per year through automated DevOps
- •Consolidated operations from 75 legacy mainframes into a unified system
Senior IT Director
Directed Technical Product Management team for primary ERP system at GE Aviation for robust alignment with business requirements and achieving operational excellence.
- •Generated estimated $3B return on investment through strategic planning
- •Managed $15M annual budget supporting $52M in daily revenue
- •Piloted $100M digital transformation initiative
IT Release Leader
Applied Lean Startup methodologies to expedite quarterly site rollouts. Managed annual budgets totaling $50M.
- •Drove full lifecycle Oracle R12 ERP implementation across 22 global sites
- •Reduced completion time by 62% and saved 1,500 labor hours
IT Program Manager
Designed and deployed a custom financial architecture supporting Cisco's $3B cloud-services market entry. Architected revenue automation solutions for emerging cloud business models.
Education
Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- ITIL Foundation Certification
- ESI Master Certificate in Project Management
Professional Training
- Silicon Valley Product Group Product Masterclass
- West Point Thayer Leadership Program
- GE Advanced Information Management Course
- GE Leading in a Matrixed Organization
- GE Building Essential Leadership Skills
- Cisco Leadership Foundation Program
- Project Leadership, Management, and Communications (ESI)
- Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
- Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Machine Learning
- Machine Learning with Python: Foundations
- Introduction to Amazon Redshift: Data Management Essentials
- Intro to Snowflake for Devs, Data Scientists, Data Engineers