A South African born, American Hyphenate. CEO of Q Department music studio which she runs with composer Drazen Bo njak. In 2015 they co-founded Mach1™ A Sound Technology Company which specializes in sound based orientation and presence for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.

Virtual Reality soundtrack credits include: The Martian VR directed by Robert Stromberg, Ridley Scott for 20TH Century Fox and The Virtual Realty Company, Catatonic directed by Guy Shelmerdine VRSE, and Dear Angelica directed by Saschka Unseld, Oculus Story Studios.

In March 2013 Rebecca Howard joined The New York Times as General Manager, Video Production. In this role she was responsible for developing and growing The Times’ video content across all platforms. As General Manager, Rebecca oversaw content strategy, branding, marketing, distribution, and TV and Film. She oversaw product, technology and design including the creation of a proprietary player, the mobile experience and integration of ad tech. Additionally, Rebecca oversaw Film and TV strategy and this fall NYT launched a TV show with The Travel Channel based on The Times popular 36 Hours column. Video was sold as sponsorships to advertisers including a year long video sponsorship to Google that featured weekly episodes of 36 Hours series that lived on The Times site and was produced by the video team. Rebecca launched Virtual Reality at The Times with The New York Times Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jake Silverstein. The VR film, Walking New York was created with Chris Milk and told the story of how the photographer JR pulled off an amazing public art piece. She led the partnership with Sundance for 2016 New Frontiers. Rebecca worked closely with Google and VRSE to create a VR launch that included distributing Google Cardboard to over 1M Times subscribers. Currently Rebecca is in Los Angeles pursuing opportunities in emerging platforms including VR.