Presently, Howard E. Cox holds the position of Secretary of United States Defense Business Board. Mr. Cox is also Trustee at In-Q-Tel, Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., Director-Foundation Board at Forum of Young Global Leaders, Member of Harvard Medical School and Member-Dean's Council at Harvard University and on the board of 8 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Cox held the position of Chairman at National Venture Capital Association, Director at Promega Corp., Director at Rehab Systems LLC, Director at ISSCO, Inc., Counsel at Government of the United States of America, Director at HPR, Inc., Director at CompDent Corp., Director at Vincam Group, Inc., Director at CheckFree Corp., Director at OTG Software, Inc., Director at Brown Investment Advisory, Inc., Director at The Arbor Co., Director at BMR Financial Group, Inc., Director at Execucom Systems Corp., Director at MessageVine, Inc., Director at United Publishers of Florida, Inc., Director at DST Health Solution Systems LLC, Director at The Boston Globe Media Partners LLC, Director at Lunar Corp., Director at Meditech, Inc. and Director at Appex Corp.

He received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, a graduate degree from Columbia Law School and an undergraduate degree from Harvard Business School.