About

Alex Howard is the associate editor of SearchCompliance.com at TechTarget. His work there focuses on how regulations affect IT operations, including issues of data protection, privacy, security and enterprise IT strategy. Before moving his focus to security and compliance, Alex was the associate  editor of WhatIs.com, an online IT encyclopedia. In that role, he researched and wrote about nearly every aspect of enterprise IT.

Alex is a native of Alleghany county, near the Finger Lakes in upstate New York. He moved to Philadelphia at 8, went to college in Maine and, after brief sojourn in Brazil and then Baltimore, settled in the Boston area in 1999.

Prior to joining TechTarget, his experience included working as in operations for an e-business consultancy, as a knowledge broker for a management consulting firm and (very briefly) as a garde manger at an outstanding Italian restaurant.

He also taught middle schoolers about technology, coached high school tennis, was apprenticed to master builders and maintained the websites of various nonprofits, restaurants and small businesses in New England.

Earlier in his career, Alex also designed marketing and sales presentations, edited energy research articles and reconciled accounts receivable for an environmental remediation firm.

Alex graduated from Colby College in 1998 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and sociology. He sang a cappella there and spent time developing his interests in reading, fishing, cycling, gardening and hiking, along with a few games of Marathon, once the Macs were connected by Ethernet.

Currently, Alex lives in Washington, D.C. with his greyhound Shadow and an inordinate number of plants, books and cast iron pans, many of which are frequently used to express his  passion for good  cooking.

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The view expressed on this blog are his and his alone. They do not reflect the opinions of his employer, clients or Dutch uncle.