As the former AVP for Capital Planning & Space Management and Institute Architect at Georgia Tech, Howard is a recognized leader in campus design with specific expertise in sustainable campus planning and urban development through the holistic integration of architecture, landscape, engineering, technology, ecology, sustainability, operations, maintenance, and fiscal stewardship.

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Prior to joining Georgia Tech, Howard spent 21 years at Lord, Aeck, & Sargent where he was a Partner and Principal focused on technically sophisticated, sustainably designed college and university facilities. After Georgia Tech, Howard served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Piedmont Park  Conservancy, a non-profit working in the 200-acre Olmsted-inspired public park. In 2022, Howard provided temporary leadership at Vanderbilt University serving as the Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Facilities Management.

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Howard is a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and co-chairs AIA Georgia Fellowship Committee. He is a 2006 Leadership Atlanta alumna. Howard is on the faculty in the School of Architecture at Georgia Tech, and previously taught in the School of Architecture at Kennesaw State University. Howard serves on the Better Atlanta Transit Advisory Board; Chairs the City of Dunwoody Public Arts Commission; serves on the Advisory Board of the Life Cycle Building Center; and co-chairs the Sustainability Committee for the Association of University Architects.