
Peter Howard
Professor of the Practice, Marketing
Executive Director, Questrom Center for Action Learning
Pete Howard is a Professor of the Practice at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and Executive Director of the Questrom Center for Action Learning and the Questrom Consulting Lab. Pete teaches eCommerce strategy, Digital Business Strategy, Crisis Management and Leadership Communications.
Pete has over 40 years of experience as a management consultant and corporate executive,as Managing Director with Accenture Interactive, CMO for a $3 billion online travel business, Head of Online Business Units for Staples, where he grew the $2 billion North American business unit and led the $1 billion European business unit, based in Paris and Amsterdam. Pete was also the VP of Marketing for Ross-Simons, where he launched and grew the ecommerce business, and held marketing roles with Digital Equipment Corporation and the Bradford Exchange.
Education
MBA, University of Chicago, 1986
AB, University of Chicago, 1980