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Howard Putnam

As the former CEO of the highly successful Southwest Airlines, Howard led the development and implementation of the "vision" that has guided Southwest to revered heights. Southwest tripled in size and profitability during his tenure, and today is still a corporate model for organizations that place their people first.

As Chairman and CEO of the financially failing Braniff International, Howard became the first CEO to take a major airline through Chapter 11 successfully. The reorganization was accomplished so efficiently that Harvard University used it as a model and wrote "The Ethics of Bankruptcy," a case study for ethically leading an organization through turbulence.

He has an MBA in Marketing and attended Harvard's Advanced Management Program. Currently, Howard is Chairman and co-founder of InTech Aerospace Services LLC, an aircraft interior refurbishment company serving major and regional airlines and Boeing. He is a founding faculty member of MentorU.com, a distance learning company of world-class business experts and the author of The Winds of Turbulence