2022 Distinguished Alumni Award

Mr. Womble began his career in 1980 when he founded INCODE, a provider of software and services products for local governments. Womble merged INCODE into the reformation of Tyler Technologies (TYL:NYSE) in 1998. During his time at Tyler, he was responsible for product strategy at the corporate level and served as president of two different divisions of the company. While on the leadership team at Tyler, the company grew to a market cap in excess of $22B and more than 9,000 employees. Womble retired from Tyler in 2016, but continues to serve on the Tyler Technologies board of directors consistently, since 2007.

In 1981, Womble earned a BBA in management information systems from Texas Tech. He is a lifelong supporter of Texas Tech and in 2019, was appointed to the Board of Regents. Prior to this appointment, he served as a member of the Rawls College of Business Advisory Council and on the executive committee of the Texas Tech Foundation.

In 2021, he made a $20 million lead gift for a new football training facility, the Dustin R. Womble Football Center. This gift, along with his previous donation to the Dustin R. Womble Basketball Center, leaves him as the largest lifetime individual donor to the athletic department.