Dustin R. Womble
VICE CHAIRMAN
Dustin R. Womble was appointed to the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System (TTU System) for his first term on March 6, 2019, and reappointed on March 21, 2025, both by Gov. Greg Abbott. He was named vice chairman of the board on April 14, 2025, during a special-called meeting where he was nominated and affirmed by a unanimous vote of the board. Womble also serves the board as a member of the Regents’ Rules Review Committee. His term expires on Jan. 31, 2031.
Womble has previously served as chairman of the Facilities Committee as well as a member of both the Audit and the Finance & Investments Committees. He has also served as the vice chairman of the Carr Foundation Board of Trustees.
Prior to his appointment to the TTU System Board of Regents, Womble was a member of the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business (Rawls College) Advisory Council at Texas Tech University (TTU) and the Texas Tech Foundation, Inc.
Womble was the founder of Interactive Computer Designs (INCODE), a company he started in 1980 while still a student at TTU. In 1998, INCODE was sold to Tyler Technologies and Womble joined the company as executive vice president. During his time at Tyler Technologies, Womble was responsible for product strategy at the corporate level and had operational responsibility for the Local Government Division in Lubbock and the Courts & Justice Division in Plano. The company grew to a market cap of over $22 billion and more than 9,000 employees under his leadership. He retired from the company in 2016 and completed his service on its board in 2024.
In 2014, Womble was appointed board chairman for Metallenium, LLC, a privately held equipment leasing company that provides contract compression services throughout the Permian Basin. He also plays an active role in the leadership of several local businesses, including Carizma Motors and TRUNO, a national provider of grocery point-of-sale solutions. Additionally, he has served on the board of directors for Lubbock Christian School for more than a decade.
Womble founded Masked Rider Capital, a private equity investment firm, in 2012. In his current role, he provides vision for the firm, drawing on his decades of executive leadership experience and business expertise.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on management information systems from Rawls College in 1981.
Womble lives in Lubbock with his wife, Leisha, a fellow TTU graduate. Together, the Wombles have six children and ten grandchildren.