Academic
An adjunct professor at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University, Steve teaches business strategy and business-to-business marketing for the Masters of Communications Management, Masters of Business Administration, and Bachelor of Commerce programs. He is also a guest lecturer for the MBA level Corporate Reputation & Brand Management, Business Valuations, and Crisis Management & Communications courses. He completed his Chartered Director Certification in January 2007 and, subsequently, joined the faculty of the Directors College and leads modules on IT Strategy and the risks associated with it as well as the Brand Reputation module.
Business Leader
Steve graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in 1988 and embarked on a highly successful sales career in the telecom industry, which found him transplanted across the country to Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, and back to Southern Ontario. He has supported clients in Canada, the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, and Australia. By 1993, Steve was promoted to his first management role and over the next twelve years held progressively more senior roles with both start-up organizations (TMI and Maxlink) and large corporations (Ericsson and TELUS). Areas of responsibility in management included sales, product marketing, marketing communications, distribution, customer service and service delivery in support of the following verticals:
Volunteer
One of the many lessons passed down by his grandfather was “when you give to the community, give of yourself”.
Steve is:
He is married to Jen Howse and they have two daughters, Cassandra and Sarena. With what little free time is left, he enjoys playing hockey and golf.
"Steve Howse was able to get us to think more clearly and focus our thoughts like never before. We left our strategic session raring to go!"
- Mike Carnegie, Partner, Taylor Liebow