Senior Partner at Newport Board Group a national professional services firm whose partners are former business owners, senior executive leaders and board of directors. My goal as a Strategic Advisor is to help emerging, middle market and private equity portfolio firms continue to grow to the next level. Prior experience includes: for twenty years, at AGCO Corporation, being a part of the officer and leadership team that grew the business from a US start up of $200 million revenue to a $8.5 billion company, with 75% of those sales outside the US.Reported to the CEO, first as VP, Marketing of NA with P & L responsibility. Moved to Europe as SVP/GM for Europe, Africa, Middle East, responsible for over half the company's revenues and a higher % of profits.Led startup operations in Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. In 1999 was promoted to SVP of Corporate Development responsible for M &A and Strategic Planning.Completed the acquisition of the AG Division of Caterpillar.In 2004, AGCO's Board hired a new CEO and refocused the company from growth through acquisitions to internal growth.Boyd was asked by the CEO and Board to assume the new Senior Staff position of SVP, Human Resourses. The assignment was to develop the global managment team into an AGCO corporate team. For the next five years, he led the regional HR teams, worked as a business partner with the functional senior staff, CEO and Board to develop world class HR initiatives, drove an AGCO management culture, upgraded management in operational areas and established succession planning.During that time was management lead for the BOD committees for Executive Compensation and CEO Succession.Specialties: Experienced international business leader and builder of distributor/dealer organizations global.Advisor to middle market and private equity portfolio firms.Consultant to CEO and Management TeamAdvisory Board/Board of Director member Experienced leader of corporate goverance, strategic planning and corporate development