Howard A. Samuels is a Sr. Director, Transformation and Execution at CME Group. He possess expertise in organizational effectiveness. Colleagues describe him as "Howard led a business transformation process for our agency. His counsel was invaluable in sorting out our new business model. And his guidance was critical in keeping our very diverse senior team on track. His approach is methodical and his style is relaxed. He never told us what to do. But he gave us options that allowed us to choose the right course. He is a good listener." and "I hired Howard to advise me on developing a growth strategy for an e-commerce company that I owned. Howard provided extremely insightful and frank advice. More importantly, he worked side-by-side with me to implement the plans, so that we could course correct both strategies and tactics in real-time. The bottom line was that we quickly realized that the industry was going through a dramatic transformation and that we had to either radically change the business model or exit quickly before the competitive landscape changed. I decided to sell the company and Howard was instrumental in guiding me through a very quick and successful sale. My experience with Howard was so positive that I hired him again to assist with the sale of another company I owned. Howard helped me structure the deal and guided me throughout the process. At one point it looked like the deal was dead due to an issue on the buyers side. Howard saved the day by developing an innovative work around that was acceptable to all parties. It turned out to be one of the best deals that I have ever done and I can attribute that to Howard’s support. He is a trusted advisor that I would unquestionably work with again. He has my highest recommendation."