Howard has over thirty years of operational experience across a diverse array of corporate assignments in Canada, the U.S.A. and Europe. This has included senior executive positions in strategic planning, re-engineering, finance, marketing, operations, and customer service, and where dramatic performance improvement constituted the baseline. His broad knowledge of these disciplines has helped him to build a fast-paced high performance business transition model which is based on departmental/divisional interdependence.

Howard’s background encompasses both public and private enterprises and ranges from global corporate to local entrepreneurial businesses. His change management experiences span both traditional and high technology companies where he has operated in various capacities such as CEO and CRO (Chief Restructuring Officer). This includes consumer goods, food and beverage, high technology equipment manufacturing in the semi-conductor and forensic sciences sectors, packaging, sports wear, light emitting diodes and health products. Amongst these assignments he has worked closely with corporate leaders to prepare their businesses and their management teams for prospective M&A transactions with both strategic partners and investment funds. Post M&A, Howard is an experienced integrator skilled at the operating rigors and personnel sensitivities which must be overcome to assure a successful transition.

Prior to joining the Kirchner Private Capital Group, Howard was a co-founder and senior partner of PerformaCorp Inc. This Montreal based private consulting company worked with Boards and management to determine the root causes of underperformance and specialized in corporate performance improvement and turnaround management.

Howard holds a B.Sc. in mathematics from Sir George Williams University and an MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.