What is Howard Schmidt?
{{Infobox Politician | name = Howard Schmidt | image = Howard Schmidt.jpg | image_size = 250px | office = [[Cyber Security]] Coordinator of the [[Obama Administration]] | term_start = January 20, 2009 | term_end = May 31, 2012 | president = [[Barack Obama]] | alongside = | predecessor = | successor = [[Michael Daniel]] | caption = | birth_name = Howard Anthony Schmidt | birth_date = October 5, 1949 | birth_place = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] | death_date = March 2, 2017 (aged 67) | death_place = [[Muskego, Wisconsin]] | occupation = Computer Security Specialist | party = | spouse = Raemarie Schmidt | children = Four grown sons, 8 Grandchildren | alma_mater = [[University of Phoenix]] <small>([[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]]/[[Master of Arts|M.A.]])</small> | religion = }}'''Howard Anthony Schmidt''' (October 5, 1949 – March 2, 2017) was an American [[cyber security]] expert and partner with [[Tom Ridge]] in Ridge Schmidt Cyber LLC, a consultancy company in the field of cybersecurity.<ref>{{cite web | title=Tom Ridge, Howard Schmidt Launch New Cybersecurity Executive Services Firm | url=http://www.darkreading.com/security-services/167801101/security/news/240150172/tom-ridge-howard-schmidt-launch-new-cybersecurity-executive-services-firm | access-date=2017-03-05 | archive-date=2013-03-11 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311205056/http://www.darkreading.com/security-services/167801101/security/news/240150172/tom-ridge-howard-schmidt-launch-new-cybersecurity-executive-services-firm | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the Cyber-Security Coordinator of the [[Barack Obama|Obama Administration]],<ref>{{cite web | title=Introducing the New Cybersecurity Coordinator | url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/22/introducing-new-cybersecurity-coordinator | access-date=2017-03-05 | archive-date=2016-12-18 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218203806/https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/12/22/introducing-new-cybersecurity-coordinator | url-status=dead }}