Jason Howard

Jason Howard , currently serving as Vice President, Demand Planning at NOV, brings a rare combination of hands-on industrial expertise and sophisticated technological acumen. He is a distinguished business leader with a career in global planning, supply chain optimization, and technological implementation. He oversees global demand, forecast, and inventory planning, leveraging advanced tools and analytics for strategic decision making.

His expertise was honed through planning leadership positions at Honeywell (Industrial Automation), Textron (Bell Helicopter), United Technologies (Sikorsky Aircraft), Elbit (EFW), and the U.S. Marine Corps (1st Marine Aircraft Wing). He holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Dallas in addition to multiple industry certifications.

Jason leads teams that bridge gaps between complex technical capabilities and core business planning strategy. He advances planning through optimization simulation, process automation, strategic planning democratization, process digitization, and machine-learning models. He has led multiple global manufacturing operations through critical enterprise resource planning system implementations coupled with strategic planning process transformations.

His work as a thought leader in simplifying and advancing strategic planning has been featured at the Kinexions global supply chain planning conference, the "Big Ideas in Supply Chain" global conference, Supply & Demand Chain Executive Top Projects Awards, and the Aerospace and Defense SAP Industry Forum. His freelance work employs artificial intelligence to enhance analysis of historical texts for genealogical research, language learning, and open source projects.