Technology >> CEO Interviews >> January 31, 2000

Robert W. Howe – Atlantic Data Services Inc (adsc)

ROBERT W. HOWE is the Co-founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Data Services (ADS), a solution-oriented financial services consulting firm. In his current role, Mr. Howe is responsible for overall management, strategic planning and financial forecasting for ADS. Assisting financial institutions manage change through industry insight and project management discipline, ADS' client list includes Fleet Financial Group, First Security Information Technology, Inc., ABN/AMRO and Nation's Bank. Prior to establishing ADS, Mr. Howe honed his extensive financial and technical expertise at the Savings Management Computer Corporation (SMCC, now part of EDS). In 1980, Mr. Howe and SMCC co-worker William H. Gallagher responded to a growing trend toward disaggregation in the financial services industry by founding ADS. Mr. Howe is currently a Boston College President's Round Table Executive Committee member, a Director of the Darling Consulting Group, and a member of the Board of Trustees at Boston College High School. He is a former United States Marine Corps Officer who, during service in Vietnam, received a number of personal decorations including the Bronze Star medal. Mr. Howe holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Boston College and a Banking degree from the Graduate School of Savings Banking at Brown University. Profile
TWST: Give us a brief overview of ADS the history, services, customers,

those kinds of things.

Mr. Howe: ADS will be 20-years-old this year. We were formed in 1980 and

focus primarily on the