# Alan Howard

> Alan Howard is a startup investor at TeleSoft Partners (San Mateo). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [TeleSoft Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/telesoft-partners)
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/al-howard-78247314

Alan Howard is a startup investor at TeleSoft Partners in San Mateo. Al has over 30 years of experience in accounting, finance, human resources, and corporate administration through a variety of management positions. Al is the Chief Financial Officer at TeleSoft, responsible for finance and administration. He served as a Founding Board Member of VCBC, a 300+ member organization of finance professionals in venturecapital and private equity across the United States.Before joining TeleSoft, Al was a financial consultant working with small businesses. Prior to that, Al was the Chief Financial Officer of Creative Communications; Vice President of Finance and Administration and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Hydro Agri, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norway's Norsk Hydro; Chief Financial Officer and Board member of Wilson & Geo. Meyer & Company; worked with Pete Marwick / KPMG and was a Captain in the U.S. Air Force.Al received his CPA certificate while with KPMG, did coursework in accounting and finance at California State University and Golden Gate University, and received a B.S. degree in Psychology from Colorado State University.

## About TeleSoft Partners

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

TeleSoft Partners provides value-added capital for technology, communications and energy value chain companies. Our focus is to help entrepreneurs benefit from our knowledge, contacts and experience -- to help you Make-It-Happen. Over the last two decades, TeleSoft has helped build over 75 companies, of which over 50 companies have been acquiredor gone public.

5 contacts available at TeleSoft Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Arjun Gupta | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-gupta |
| Alan Foster | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alan-foster |
| Alan Howard | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-howard |
| Bruce Cohen | Consultant | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-cohen-3 |
| Chris LeBlanc | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-leblanc |

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