MCAA Welcomes Jon Howland, Marketing Director for DEWALT Industrial Tool Company in Sponsor Spotlight 15

March 5, 2021
In the fifteenth episode of MCAA’s Sponsor Spotlight series, MCAA CEO, Tim Brink is joined by Jon Howland, Marketing Director, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

In the fifteenth episode of MCAA’s Sponsor Spotlight series, MCAA CEO, Tim Brink welcomes Jon Howland, Marketing Director, Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. The Sponsor Spotlight Series is a new way for MCAA contractor members to learn more about the Manufacturer/Supplier Council (M/SC) Governing Board members, their products, their relationship with MCAA, and what being a member means to them.

An innovative and highly-effective strategist with a track record of delivering multimillion-dollar sales increases through the implementation of astute marketing initiatives focused on the Commercial and Industrial End User, Jon Howland serves as a Marketing Director for the Industrial and Commercial Division of the North America Commercial Team within Stanley Black & Decker’s Global Tools & Storage Division. A twenty-six-year veteran of Stanley Black & Decker, in his current role, Jon’s main charge is developing and executing a relevant approach for the division’s commercial and digital implementation of its Total Trade Solutions offering through their Enterprise Solutions Teams by working closely with Trade Organizations, Associations, and Companies articulating the Corporation’s Innovation, Safety, Productivity, and Profitability message. Jon is a veteran of the United States Navy; chairman of Stanley Black & Decker’s Global Tools & Storage Veterans Network Employee Resource Group; Member of the National Board of Directors of the ToolBank USA; and representative on the MCAA Manufacturer/Supplier Council. He and his wife, Erin, reside in Towson, MD with their twins, Mac & Livi.

The bold portfolio of Stanley Black & Decker’s brands, products, and services, inclusive of their Total Trade Solutions, is anchored by Dewalt, Dewalt Anchors & Fasteners, Lenox Tools, and Proto Industrial Tools from which Howland drives End User acquisition and fidelity. 

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