About Matterhorn Business Solutions

Matterhorn Business Solutions Inc. is a Calgary-based full-service marketing agency led by David Howse. David began his marketing career in 1993 working at MarkTrend Research in Vancouver (a market research firm). Little did David know, at the time, that he was following his fathers footsteps who, himself, was a 47-year veteran of print advertising and publishing. Growing up, David’s conversations with his father revolved around the Expos, Blue Jays, Leafs, Montreal Canadians, and advertising & packaging copy (and interesting combination of topics).

After two years in market research, David’s interests took him to the film and television industry where he gained 12 professional credits working in Vancouver and Los Angeles (IASTE 891). A few of his credits can be seen on IMDB. During this time, David’s biggest influence was George Appleby, a Canadian film editing pioneer. To show how small the world really is, one of George’s first editing jobs was on the 1963 TV show The Forest Rangers staring Gordon Pinsent. Gordon grew up on a street in Newfoundland where later, as a child, David delivered newspapers.

With time in the advertising design department at Transcontinental, David recognized that, by about 2005, he had more marketing skills than any manager assigned to him. Starting his own marketing agency was inevitable.

David rounded out his experience with a diploma in marketing, a degree in marketing, and as of 2022, he is one exam shy of an MBA with a specialization in marketing. Among his hobbies, David also teaches marketing at Mount Royal University where he’s taught over 30 courses since 2015 and has developed several courses including Social Media Final Project, Digital Marketing Measurement, and Search Engine Marketing.

Matterhorn gained it’s first client back in 2008, Cawston & Associates, who today are still a client of Matterhorn. That’s over 15 years of proven results for the same client!