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Jason Howey

President & CEO, OKAY Industries

 

Currently President at Okay Industries, Inc. located in New Britain, CT., where he has worked for the past 12 years in several different roles in both operations and sales/marketing.  Okay also has locations in Berlin, CT and Alajuela, Costa Rica.  Okay has grown through innovation of many technologies and automation investments.  Okay recently acquired Reliance Laser, a highly specialized laser processing company with a focus on laser tube cutting for medical device applications.

Prior to working at Okay Industries, he worked at Reuters (currently Thompson-Reuters), in several management, sales and technical roles in both Boston and New York in their Capital Markets information and software business automation group.

Mr. Howey currently serves on several boards:

–       Executive Committee Chair of the New Britain Health Care Academy for Health Professions

–       Board Member – Precision Metalforming Association

–       Board Member and Chair – Future Workforce Committee – Capital Workforce Partners (Hartford)

–       Board Member & Treasurer – Friendship Service Center New Britain

–       Board Member –  Acme Wire Products (Mystic, CT)

–       Board Member – CBIA (CT Business & Industry Association)

–       Board Member – Hospital of Central Connecticut

He has a B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the Owner/President Management program at Harvard University.