Chris Howard is Digium’s Developer Products Training Manager. Chris has over twenty years of telecommunication experience with a unique blend of operation support systems integration, software development, project management, and technical training. As Digium’s Training Manager Chris is responsible for planning training courses, developing and delivering a training curriculum, and managing training operations. Before joining Digium, Chris spent twelve years as the Director of Software Development for Asteria Solutions Group a company founded in 2004 to provide technical services, support, and development for Asterisk-based solutions. As a Senior Consultant at Nortel Networks, Chris implemented service activation, network provisioning and network inventory management systems for Tier 1 telecommunication companies. Chris holds a BS from the University of North Alabama.