John Thomas Boyd
Senior Product & Technology Executive
Raleigh, NC
Executive Summary
Dynamic and accomplished professional with years of proven leadership driving innovation, digital transformation, and revenue growth across Fortune 50 companies, high-growth startups, and PE-backed organizations.
Recognized for blending deep technical expertise with visionary product strategy to deliver $7B+ in ROI, scale global teams, and manage $100M+ budgets. Expert in AI-driven solutions, generative and agentic AI, SaaS architecture, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software development.
Track record of transforming service-based models into high-margin product portfolios, accelerating delivery cycles through AI/ML-powered automation, and optimizing operational performance via agile and DevOps practices.
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
CIO/CTO/CPO
Served as CTPO and CIO, overseeing comprehensive product and technology operations. Managed teams across product development, engineering, data science, QA, infrastructure, and security.
- •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.
Education
Certifications
- Silicon Valley Product Group Product Masterclass
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
- ITIL Foundation Certification
- ESI Master Certificate in Project Management
Leadership Training
- 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