Donald Boyd

Vice President for Research

Donald Boyd was named vice president for research at RIT in 2006.

Dr. Boyd has more than 30 years of experience in both education and industry. After five years at the University of Minnesota, he spent 13 years in research and development at Honeywell as director of computer science research and later as director of engineering at Honeywell's Systems Technology and Engineering Center. Dr. Boyd then worked for eight years at Eastman Kodak Co. in software development and business unit management positions. Before joining RIT in 2000 as associate provost for outreach programs, Dr. Boyd served for two years as president of the RIT Research Corporation.

Boyd received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Iowa.