Jace Howard

Jace Howard is an experienced professional in strategic partnerships and product management, currently serving as Director of Strategic Partnerships at Salesforce since April 2021. Prior to this, Jace held multiple senior director roles at Blackboard from 2010 to 2021, overseeing platform partnerships, product management, and technology integrations. Achievements include managing significant business relationships with companies like AWS and Microsoft, leading a platform services team handling billions of API requests, and driving a robust platform strategy impacting a vast user base. Before Blackburn, Jace was the Executive Director of Operations at AlertNow, contributing to substantial revenue growth that led to the company's acquisition. Jace holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Management and Leadership from Michigan State University and a BSBM degree from the University of Phoenix.