Mr. Boyd is an experienced professional manager whose experience is encompasses all areas of business including Finance, Management, Marketing and Strategy. He is a partner in Dogwood Brands Company, a private equity and management firm, now serving as its President. Having served as the Chief Financial Officer of several companies while managing his own 50 unit enterprise in the franchise space, Mr. Boyd has seen his fair share of success and failures in his almost 40 years of experience. Mr. Boyd has worked for well-known national and international companies, including ZT Corporate (CFO), Motorola (Engineer), STMicroelectronics(Engineer/Technical Marketing) , Linvatec (Product Development), ROI (Sr. Consultant), CompuBank (Part of Original Investment Team) and Cardinal SW Houston (Consultant). He has served as Co- Chief Manager for his Carl's Jr. and Hardee's franchise company. Mr. Boyd has alsoowned and operated several Popeyes franchises (21 units) in 3 different states. Mr. Boyd is an avid golfer and a board Member of The Advocates USA (President), and board member of the Advocates Professional Golf Association (APGA). The APGA was established in 2008 as a non-profit organization with the mission to bring greater diversity to the game of golf. The APGA Tour Board of Directors work to accomplish this by hosting and operating professional golf tournaments, player development programs, mentoring programs and by introducing the game to inner city young people. Mr. Boyd earned his BS in Physics from Hampton University and his MBA from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.