Howard Schneider
President
Practical Perspectives
Howard has nearly 30 years of diverse business and management experience in the financial services industry. Since founding consulting firm Practical Perspectives in 2002, he has worked with a wide range of mutual fund companies, asset managers, broker dealers, insurance firms and other clients to address critical strategic, marketing, competitive and business development challenges.
Prior to starting Practical Perspectives, he held a senior role as a Managing Director at Scudder Investments for over fifteen years. His responsibilities included marketing, planning, product and business development, and client relationship management for both direct sold and intermediary delivered products and services. He is co-author of several recent studies on the issues and challenges advisors face in delivering retirement income support and co-writes a monthly column for Research Magazine on how advisors support retirement clients. He is past Chairman of the Mutual Funds Education Alliance, an industry trade association focused on investor education. He earned a B.S. in biology from the State University of New York at Binghamton and an M.B.A. in marketing from New York University. He is also President-elect of the North Shore Players, a community theater group based in Northern Massachusetts.