Rudy Howard

Rudy Howard joined MDS Pharma Services as Senior Vice President - Finance, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in January of 2009.

Mr. Howard has extensive experience as a senior financial executive in the pharmaceutical and contract research organization (CRO) industry sectors, including six years as CFO at Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. He joined MDS Pharma Services from his private consulting practice where he offered business and financial consulting services, including merger and acquisition services, for clients across a variety of industries, including pharmaceutical and biotechnology.

Before founding his consulting practice, Mr. Howard was CFO at Peopleclick Inc., a human resources software-development company. Previously, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where his specialization included financial services, high technology, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing. He began his career in public accounting with Deloitte and Touche LLP.

He is a Certified Public and holds a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from North Carolina State University.