Austin Howard

Austin Howard began their career at BBVA in the USA in 2016 as a Strategy Control & Deployment/Project Management role. They then held multiple positions within the company, including Business Systems Analyst II, VP of Engineering Vendor Management, and VP of Global Vendor Relationship Manager. In 2021, they joined Rabobank as the VP of Senior Procurement & Vendor Management Officer. Currently, Austin Howard works at Cadence Bank as the SVP and Director of Strategic Sourcing.

Austin Howard holds a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Auburn University. Austin also completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In terms of additional certifications, they obtained the Bloomberg Market Concepts certification from Bloomberg LP in September 2016. Austin is also a Certified SAFe® 5 Agilist, having completed the certification from Scaled Agile, Inc. in April 2021. Additionally, they hold the certification of Certified SAFe® 5 Lean Portfolio Manager from Scaled Agile, Inc., which they obtained in February 2020.