A bit about Randy Boyd...
History has seen some incredible entrepreneurs and the business world has many savvy CEOs, but there are few entrepreneurs that cross the great divide to become successful CEOs. Randy Boyd has and continues to do that and we are proud to call him our CEO.
Our culture at PetSafe® is due in large part to the spirit and fortitude of our leadership team and particularly Randy. He challenges himself and everyone around him to always be improving incrementally. While he is successful, he is quick to give the credit to others and/or happenstance. He has a big heart and continues to make incredible contributions to his community and the pet industry. Read more in our Outreach section.
Randy in the media:
Here are just a few other things we think you might like to know about Randy:
Randy serves on the Board of Directors of many companies and non-profit institutions including the following:
- EDP Bio Tech, a bio-science company that performs cancer and DNA research;
- KnoxAchieves, a program that has a goal of providing a college education to everyone in Knoxville, Tennessee. KnoxAchieves is currently providing an opportunity for 500 high school graduates to receive community college tuition for 2 years. The program focuses on first generation collage students who are provided mentors to help them through the enrollment process to completion of their degree (50 of the KnoxAchieves mentors are from PetSafe®). Randy and Mayor Ragsdale of Knox County developed and gathered funding for the program.
- Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center;
- National Parks Conservation Association;
- The East Tennessee Historical Society;
- Cades Cove Heritage Tours – notably, Randy donated the funds to provide for fuel-efficient tour buses to reduce traffic and vehicle emissions in Cades Cove. Read more.
- Tribe One - an outreach ministry for disadvantaged youth
Randy was Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the year for the SouthEast for 2008 and Business TN’s CEO of the Year for 2009.
He has a family he is also quite proud of that includes his wife of 25 years, two sons, a dog (Spanky - become his friend on Facebook), two cats (Sebastian and Wolfgang), and a parrot (Max).
See what Randy had to say on Inside PetSafe
Watch Anything is Possible with Hallerin Hill and guest Randy Boyd. Parts 1 through 3.