…you and your team(s) have accomplished more than you get credit for on a regular basis. Within all the transitions, staff turnover and issues, you remain steady and focused. The quality of your work is a hallmark of your department and this organization and I don’t recognize that enough.
American Mensa annual review
Howard mixes the attributes of an Eagle Scout, an in-step military officer, a trusted confidante and an esteemed professor. Brilliant in his own right, he is quietly so. Above all else, I have never encountered anyone — this being among thousands of lifetime co-workers and business associates — who has been so responsive and dependable when called upon to explain, to help, to teach or to keep the peace.
Leslie Kim, Editor, John Cooke Fraud Report
Howard is highly respected by those who know and have worked with him, not only for his big picture perspective and shrewd business acumen, but also for his thorough and ethical approach to problem solving.
Jane Hanson, Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
During my time on the national board of directors of American Mensa, I had the pleasure of working directly and indirectly with Howard and had my expectations exceeded so many times I lost count. He had a brilliant grasp of both the big picture and the smaller details that made things work. He had a gift for handling the competing interests involved in managing staff, vendors, volunteers, directors, and members that was effective in both accomplishing organizational goals and setting an example for those around him. As a non-tech person, what I particularly valued was his ability to communicate the technical information we needed in a way that was easy to understand but never condescending. His willingness to give and receive feedback and his encyclopedic institutional knowledge was a tremendous asset.
Leah Kinder, RN, former AML Board officer
Howard is the most informed, knowledgeable, and creative problem-solver I’ve ever met. Whether the challenge is tiny or enormous, he seems to have a gift for finding solutions. He handles multiple projects with ease and efficiency. If possible, I would always want him on my team.
Elissa Rudolph, former AML Board Chair
Howard is my go-to guy, whether I need guidance, recommendations, an innovative approach, or someone to handle a complex project. Superb at bringing a team together and achieving results.
Marie Mayer, former AML Board officer
I worked with Howard in many capacities over the last decade or so—as a regular member, as local chapter president, as National Communications Officer, and as a project leader. In an organization famed for its prickly and ego-driven members, Howard is always respectfully assertive, compromises as appropriate, and guides even the balkiest of volunteers through complex projects to completion. His range of knowledge, both technical and interpersonal, is impressive. Howard’s intuitive grasp of big pictures, strategic goals, organizational needs, legalities, and subtle, unwritten nuances and personal agendas is astounding. I could not have succeeded in my positions without him.
Robin Crawford, former AML Board officer
Howard will be one of my favorite bosses of all time, forever, simply because of his vision — his ability to remember everything and make decisions. His grasp of the big picture is unequaled. He knows what is and why, what’s possible after taking everything into consideration, and what should be priority. …Think maybe this stuff isn’t important? Try getting stuff done without it.
Julie Boone, communications professional and former team member
Always the voice of reason based on experience, but willing to try something different because another’s experience was reasonable. Any project I would declare would be well grounded with Howard on the management team. He makes things happen. Not JUST an IT guy, experience with other aspects of project management makes Howard’s perspective invaluable.
Mary Lee Kemper, manufacturing sourcer