Howard was part of the original team that created an official Intel Retiree Organization. He retired from Intel in June 2006 after 27 years with the company. During his tenure at Intel, Howard held a variety of communications positions covering company products and businesses in addition to corporate capabilities such as chip design, sub-micron VLSI manufacturing, emerging technologies, environmental, health and safety, financial issues, and employee communications. He worked with business, broadcast, trade, technical, foreign, and Internet-based press in addition to industry analysts, financial analysts, and government officials.
In 1998, Howard was named one of Upside Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People of the Digital World” and was identified by the San Francisco Chronicle as “a rare breed among public relations people, a spokesman who is empowered to speak for the company.”
A few years after his retirement from Intel, Howard joined a biotech start-up called Fluidigm. He was a member of the company’s Senior Staff, the lead spokesperson for the corporation to the media overseeing the company’s corporate communications, press relations, and investor relations activities. He was a member of the team that led Fluidigm’s successful IPO effort in 2011. Howard retired from Fluidigm in 2016.
Howard and his wife (almost 40 years) have two adult children and as a family they are environmental advocates and enjoy nature, traveling, photography, videography, cooking, and exploring.