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Mr. Floyd has been the Governance Officer at Polycom, Inc. since August 2002 and during this time Polycom has maintained top decile governance ratings from Institutional Shareholder Services. In this role, he reports directly to and works closely with the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Polycom Board of Directors in establishing best practice governance policies and procedures for Polycom. He has also contributed to publications concerning various corporate governance issues.
Mr. Floyd is also the Chief Audit Executive at Polycom and has held this position since creating the internal audit organization for the company. His expertise in internal controls and financial reporting guided Polycom through the company’s successful first year of compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 assessment of internal controls and the audit performed by the external auditors. In this role, he reports directly to and works closely with the Audit Committee of the Polycom Board of Directors. Overall, he has over 10 years experience working with audit committees of public companies. He also is invited to speak at conferences concerning audit and governance matters.
Mr. Floyd joined Polycom in July 1997 and, prior to his current responsibilities, held the title of Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller. During his tenure, Polycom has grown from an annual revenue stream of $37 million to over $500 million. Prior to Polycom, Mr. Floyd has held senior management positions at Octel Communications Corporation and various financial management positions at AT&T Corporation and KPMG, a big four public accounting firm. Overall, Mr. Floyd has over 20 years of global finance and accounting experience.
Mr. Floyd received an MBA in Finance from Rutgers University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of New Jersey. In addition, he is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Financial Executives International and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. | 