Howard L. Lance (born December 15, 1955, in

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) is founder and managing director since 2019 of Lance Advisors LLC, an advisory company focused on supporting institutional investors and private equity clients. On April 14, 2016, Lance was named as president and chief executive officer of

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(MDA) effective May 16, 2016. In 2017, MDA became

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. On January 14, 2019, Maxar announced that Lance had "resigned from his roles as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Maxar."

Education

Lance holds an M.S. in management from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University and a B.S. in industrial engineering from Bradley University.

Previous work experience

Lance served as an Executive Advisor to the Blackstone Group's Private Equity business from 2012 to 2016. Lance was appointed president and chief executive officer of

Harris Corporation Harris Corporation was an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology service (economics), services provider that produced wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision device, night visi ...

as well as chairman of the board on January 20, 2003. On November 1, 2011, Lance retired from Harris Corp. and was succeeded by William H. Brown. Before joining Harris, Lance was co-president of

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and chief operating officer of its Retail and Financial Group. Previously, he spent 17 years with Emerson Electric Co., where he held a number of senior management positions, including executive vice president of its electronics and telecommunications segment; chief executive officer and director of its Astec PLC electronics subsidiary in Hong Kong; group vice president of its climate technologies business segment; and president of its Copeland Refrigeration division. Earlier, Lance held sales and marketing assignments with the Scott-Fetzer Company and

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, where he began his career in an engineering co-op program. He earned an M.S. degree in management from the Krannert Graduate School of Management at

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and a

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in industrial engineering from

Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,200 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in fiv ...

Honors and awards

* Lance received AeA's Abacus Award as Florida's High-Tech Exec of the Year in January 2006. * Lance was Named "Best Chairman" at Fourth Annual American Business Awards in June 2006. * Lance received honorary Doctor of Science degrees from the

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and the University of Florida.
, UCF Staff

Articles

BusinessWeek CEO Profile

Video

Lance Interviewed on Bloomberg Television - August 20, 2009Lance interviewed on CNBC Power Lunch - October 1, 2009

References

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