Howie Markson is the Director of Research for Digital Innovation at Tech-Clarity, where he covers digital innovation across product design, simulation, PLM, PDM, SLM, IoT, AI, and other product development solutions for manufacturing and industrial companies. Howie has over 25 years’ experience as an engineer, software product manager, and technology marketing professional. He brings a deep understanding of the needs of manufacturing organizations and how technology can help address their business challenges. Howie enjoys engaging with other industry leaders, manufacturers, and technology users to share in practical ways the value of digital transformation to improve business performance.
Previously, Howie served as Global Offer Marketing Director at Dassault Systèmes, where he led the Brand Offer Marketing teams for design, simulation, PLM, data science, life sciences,and manufacturing applications. Prior to Dassault Systèmes, Howie held senior-level marketing, product marketing, and product management positions at several successful startups and leading technology companies, including PTC, Cisco Systems, and SpaceClaim Corporation (now ANSYS). He began his career as a mechanical engineer at Raytheon Corporation (now RTX). Howie holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado and an MBA from Northeastern University.
Howie enjoys being active outdoors no matter the weather, and is currently learning to play the guitar. No concert date has been set.