Richard Boyd
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
BA, Military History 1982-01-01 - 1987-01-01Work Experience
UltiSim
Current
UltiSim
Children's book author
Current
Children's book author
Tanjo
2013-05-01 - 2023-10-01
Tanjo
Choice Flows Inc
2017-04-01 - 2020-12-01
Choice Flows Inc
Wake Technical Community College
2012-12-01 - 2020-08-01
Wake Technical Community College
MUSE Global School - Calabasas, CA
2012-10-01 - 2016-10-01
MUSE Global School - Calabasas, CA
North Carolina Virtual Public School
2011-03-01 - 2013-12-01
North Carolina Virtual Public School
Lockheed Martin
2007-08-01 - 2013-02-01
Lockheed Martin
USA Science and Engineering Festival
2009-04-01 - 2012-04-01
USA Science and Engineering Festival
Republic of Fun Inc.
2006-11-01 - 2007-08-01
Republic of Fun Inc.
Skills
Summary
Over the last twenty-six years Richard has led or helped create some of the most innovative game technology companies in the industry. He has served as a game technology consultant for a wide variety of industries including energy, healthcare, education and motion pictures. At Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin he created and led a group of innovative engineers and designers across all mission areas called Virtual World Labs. Richard joined Lockheed Martin in 2007 with the acquisition of 3Dsolve, a North Carolina based computer game technology firm where he was founder and CEO. Prior to that, Richard was CEO of 3dVillage.com, which was acquired in 2001. 3dVillage was a spin out of Virtus Corporation, where he served for a decade on the executive management team that created several pioneering computer gaming companies including Red Storm Entertainment, with author Tom Clancy; iRock Entertainment with Ozzy Osbourne; and Timeline Computer Entertainment, with author Michael Crichton. The driving problem for his career is to see industry and individuals take full advantage of the power of today's computing hardware by creating software solutions for rich media business communication. Richard is a writer and keynote speaker on a range of topics from education to healthcare to virtual worlds, computer gaming and human/ computer interfaces. Specialties: Machine Learning, Virtual Worlds, Computer Gaming, Technology in Education, Simulation in Healthcare
