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James A. "Hoss" Boyd

BIO: James A. "Hoss" Boyd, Chief Executive Officer

James A. “Hoss” Boyd, CEO, Tierra Verde Solar Inc. Mr. Boyd, born 1950 in Bentonville, Arkansas, has a Bachelor?s Degree in Animal Science from the University of Arkansas and a Masters Degree in Operations Management, also from the University of Arkansas. Additionally, he has over 30 years of management and leadership experience. His electrical career began in high school as an apprentice electrician and continued throughout his college years to follow. James served 12 years of active duty in the Air Force from 1973 to 1985 in logistics and as a Titan II ICBM Launch Officer. He held a “Top Secret” military clearance that involved a comprehensive background investigation into every aspect of his public and private activities.

From 1985 to 1990 he was a Real Estate Broker Associate and Real Estate Securities Broker-Dealer in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During that time, he worked for the leading Real Estate syndication firms in the State of New Mexico: Jack Clifford and Company and RJ Schaeffer and Associates. Mr. Boyd worked directly on such projects as Class “A” office buildings, high-rise medical offices, business parks, commercial and industrial land syndications and a “AAA” rated RV Park. His career in real estate was curtailed by the real estate crash of the late „80s. He left the Clifford Company to work with the Schaefer Company in 1986. Mr. Boyd continued to work independently in the Real Estate business after leaving the Schaefer Company in 1987 and had also remained in the active Air Force Reserves after leaving active duty.

In 1990, Mr. Boyd was employed by the Air Force in a nuclear weapons activity and worked in a number of high-level Civil Service positions including that of Air Force Civilian Career Program Manager at Randolph Air Force Base Texas. In 1998, he graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course receiving the Dale Carnegie Highest Award for Achievement. From 1999 – 2003, Mr. Boyd served a 3-year active duty tour at Headquarters Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB, Texas, where he worked a special project that involved direct participation in a RAND Corporation Study. This active duty tour coincided with the 911 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon. He retired in June 2003 as a Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force Reserves with 30 years of combined active duty and reserve experience. He is a Viet Nam Era Veteran and directly participated in the winning of the Cold War by serving as a Titan II Missile Launch Officer.

He founded Premier CIRE Systems in 2002 while completing his active duty assignment with the Air Force Reserves. That company grew from a 2-man operation with annual sales of $28,000, to a million-plus dollar commercial electrical contracting and solar installation company. The company employed up to 20 full-time members and had a portfolio of quality commercial projects, such as National Tire and Battery, Kirkland?s Home Store, icing by Claire, Freddy?s Frozen Custard Restaurants, Allied Institute of Medicine, The Shops at Creekside in New Braunfels and others. In addition, it had a service customer base that included HEB food stores, US Maintenance Services, Pilot Travel Centers, and the McKenna Foundation. Premier originally focused on new commercial electrical construction and commercial service and repair. In 2007, the company added solar energy development and installation to its list of services. Beginning in 2008, the company had competed for large-array solar generation development contracts. On 31 October 2009, out of economic necessity, Premier CIRE Systems permanently closed operations.

On 23 November 2009, Hoss and Randolph Hall co-founded Tierra Verde Solar Inc. The new company picks up where the old one left off in solar energy development/integration and energy efficient lighting sales. The new company is an authorized representative for Ringdale Lighting, manufacturer of 3rd Generation LED commercial lighting, and for EIP Products, manufacturer of state-of-the-art LEC (Light Emitting Capacitor) exit lighting products. Tierra Verde (meaning “Green Earth”) completed its first solar project in December 2009.

As a supporter of Green Energy and energy conservation, Hoss is a member of the San Antonio Clean Technology Forum, Solar San Antonio, and on the Advisory Committee for the St. Phillips College Alternative Energy Program. In 2009, Hoss was accepted into the MENSA organization. He is an active member of Oakwood Baptist Church in New Braunfels where he has served in the church music program and on a team that accounts for and deposits weekly church contributions. In Nov 2010, he earned his Second Degree Black Belt in Soryu Karate (the third level Black Belt in the Soryu style of Karate) and is working towards his Third Degree Black Belt (the fourth Black Belt Level).

In October 2010, Hoss was awarded the Solar Installer national certification by the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP), becoming the first San Antonio Area commercial solar and electrical contracting company to earn the recognition.