David Boyd
Chief Financial Officer at Mecklenburg County North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Boyd is a seasoned finance executive and CPA with 14+ years in senior municipal finance leadership, currently serving as Chief Financial Officer for Mecklenburg County, NC. He combines deep public-sector experience—spanning finance director roles in Durham and Thornton—with professional credentials as a CFE and CGMA to drive transparent, audit-ready fiscal policy and fraud-risk mitigation. David pairs financial stewardship with practical technical fluency, contributing DevOps improvements to open-source projects (notably simplifying cross-platform Go build processes in the cucumber/common repo). Known for streamlining complex build and budgeting systems alike, he brings an economist’s analytical rigor from South Dakota State University to pragmatic, process-focused leadership.
15 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business/Managerial Economics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Business/Managerial Economics at South Dakota State University
Github Skills (5)
cross-compiling10
go10
makefile10
crossbuild10
build-automation10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cucumber/common
Sep 2020 - Sep 2020
A home for issues that are common to multiple cucumber repositories
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:1 review, 6 commits, 1 PR in 14 days
Contributions summary:David's commits primarily involve updating build configurations and dependencies within the Go-based project. They removed the `gox` build dependency, updated makefiles, and refactored build processes to streamline the compilation for various platforms. The changes suggest a focus on simplifying the build infrastructure, ensuring compatibility with specific Go versions, and improving the cross-compilation process. This work improves the project's build automation.
cucumber
dmboyd/Reading-Guide
Apr 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:8 pushes, 2 branches, 1 issue in 1 year 2 months
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