Lee Howard Email & Phone Number

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Glen Burnie, Md, Usa

In 2008, I was recruited to turnaround this $17M telecommunications company which was failing due to previous poor management. I kept the company in business and profitable for the next six years. I am an expert in the design and implementation of voice and data networks, including the cabling, installation and maintenance of POTS, DSL, T1, VPN, MPLS and VoIP systems as well as building solid teams. A few examples of my performance include: Turnaround. Investor Recruitment. Malfeasance of previous executive leadership left the company in serious financial and operations condition. I re-negotiated payment plans with all service providers, vendors, and legal firms. I obtained capital investment of $1.5M from various investors allowing the company to grow, operate profitability and provide win/win solutions for customers and the employee team. Working with Legal and Accounting Teams to Resolve Serious Issues. TCAST shareholders discovered the incumbent company president was embezzling funds and committing tax fraud. At the Board’s request, Lee led sensitive negotiations to remove the executive. He then successfully worked with the Board, auditors and attorneys to complete the executives removal. At that time he was asked to serve as the new President. Troubleshooting. Negotiating with Government Agencies. Due to the previous President’s malfeasance the company was at major financial risk with an impending IRS civil and criminal investigation. I created an innovative strategy to return the company to financial health while cooperating with the IRS. Thanks to his diligence and direct communications style TCAST survived all investigations without incurring any penalty.

North Canton, Oh

I was recruited as Chief of Operations due to my superb and comprehensive telecommunications knowledge and skills. Lee was quickly promoted and the Vice President of Sales duties were added to his responsibilities. In this position he directed the installation, build-out and maintenance of power, switching and transport facilities in Ohio. Innovative use of obsolete equipment. Alcatel-Lucent needed a test bed for gray-market equipment to be refurbished for re-sale. Based on his trusted relationship with the Alcatel executive team, Group Midwest was selected to install all necessary equipment. The efforts of his team led directly to a major contract to re-sell all Alcatel gray-market equipment.Converting Technical Knowledge to Sales. The company had no qualified sales professional for telecom sales. I volunteered to direct the test bed launch for a major client. The test was successful and led, not only to major contract, but promotion to head of technical sales and eventual membership of the executive team.

Mount Washington, Ky

I started up this company which provided installation services to telecom companies worldwide. I was personally responsible for the planning, installation and maintenance of Class IV/V telecommunication facilities, systems and equipment. I also supervised teams of employees globally in the building of entire turnkey network systems. Over time, I mastered telecommunication systems manufactured by Nortel, Alcatel-Lucent, Siemens, NEC, Adtran, Rel-Tec and numerous others.

United States

I served honorably as a Military Intelligence Officer and leveraged my computer skills to help the Army's integration of computers and other automation innovations My unit received state of the art mainframe computers and the unit staff was unsure of potential and how to use it. I installed and cabled the system, trained staff in its use at Ft. Bragg, NC. In so doing, I actually led the first successful transition from analog to digitization solutions at that facility.Safety and Security of Classifieds digital data. Security breaches are now and have always been a huge issue. The leadership team at Ft. Bragg was very concerned with the addition of information systems and automation and their impact on information security. I developed standard operating procedures to handle securing information for multiple dispersed units. During my tenure, all data was fully protected with no security breaches.