Mr. Boyd earned an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1989 from San Diego State University, and a B.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Oceanography in 1979 from Humboldt State University. He has extensive experience designing and developing data acquisition systems for use in underwater applications and designing and developing oceanographic instrumentation. He has supervised the deployment and maintenance of large, multiple-array, coastal oceanographic field experiments. He is a certified SCUBA diver with over 18 years of experience and hundreds of logged dives. He supports the team of CE as a Senior Development Engineer.