Wednesday, February 11, 2015


Bruce Higgins Jr.
Bruce Higgins ConsultingExecutive Management Consulting
Bruce Higgins Jr. - C.E.O.
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

  • Mr. Higgins has over 13 years experience, including 6 years as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a $500 million dollar Engineering and Energy company, 3 years as the Senior Vice President of Business Development / Corporate Strategy for a $30 million dollar Federal IT Consulting company and 2 years as the Information Technology Program Executive for the FEMA Multi-Hazard Flood Map Modernization Program (MHFMMP). 
  • His primary skill areas include Strategic Program Management, Project Launch and Program Processes implementation, Acquisition and Procurement Management, Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V), Earned Value Management Systems, Change and Configuration Management, Risk Management, and Business Process Reengineering (BPR). 
  • His responsibilities have included managing program assets of $750 million, and staffs of over 200 people. 
  • Mr. Higgins has been published for his Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation accomplishments in CIO Magazine and the Pittsburgh Business Times; he has been a keynote speaker for numerous Gartner conferences on information technology implementation project management.
  • Change Management
  • Business Development 
  • OEM & Business Partner Relationships
  • Sales & Marketing
  • Government Contracts
  • Market Research & Feasibility Studies
  • Total Quality Management Procedures
  • Staff Leadership & Team Development
  • Project Management
  • Technology Consulting

CAREER BACKGROUND

 C.E.O. /Change Management Consultant
Bruce Higgins Consulting, Inc., ~ Washington.. D.C.
October 2008 – Present
As an Information Technology (IT) Program Executive, Mr. Higgins provides leadership for executives and companies. He has been responsible for all aspects of a companies Information Technology delivery and performance, including management of the project timeline, deliverables, and reporting. He provides oversight and control of the costs, schedules, and performance is the primary interface with Corporate executive leadership. Mr. Higgins has been responsible for managing program performance to include risk mitigation and quality assurance, monitoring earned value, assigning action items, managing change requests, monitoring subcontractors, managing communications, and overall IT program leadership.
He has consulted to companies and executives performing the following activities:
  • Provided Executive Status Reporting
  • Managed Program Communications
  • Conducted Financial Tracking and Reporting
  • Managed Requirements and Scope
  • Conducted Change Management Activities
  • Managed the IT Organization and its People
  • Conducted Project Launch and Review Activities
  • Managed Issues and Action Items
  • Managed the Integrated Master Schedule
  • Implemented Tools for Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
  • Project Management
  • Program Management
  • Risk Management
 Senior Vice President
Silo Smashers, Inc., ~ Fairfax, Virginia
June 2006 – October 2007
Managed all aspects of Sales and Revenue generation for entire $30 million dollar company:
  • Originated and led efforts to capture targeted government contracts either as a prime or subcontractor
  • Led the entire business capture process to include teaming and win strategies and the bid decision process
  • Developed profiles of potential pursuits and formulated client contact strategies to include face-to-face meetings, industry association meetings, white papers, capabilities statements, etc.
  • Led capture and proposal management in pre and post RFP release proposal development activities, ensuring proposal submissions were compliant and responsive
  • Identified and developed opportunities for business expansion into the commercial sector to include marketing strategies and corporate offering modifications that aligned with clients' needs
  • Established new and maintained existing client relationships within the Federal Government, and within organizations that supported the Federal Government, including system integrators, business solution aggregators, consultants and service providers
  • Led and managed the entire Marketing, Sales, and Business Development staff and operations
  • Formalized and implemented a Marketing and Branding campaign
  • Implemented the “Miller Heiman” sales methodology and management approach company-wide
  • Established a positive relationship with ID/IQ Primes and their GWAC clients and developed task order selling strategies
  • Represented the company at government and industry networking events
  • Led all company-wide strategic planning and strategic plan development efforts to include new business ventures and mergers / acquisitions
 Vice President
Silo Smashers, Inc., ~ Fairfax, Virginia
September 2005 – June 2006
Managed and directed the IT line of business (LOB):
  • Managed the business cycle from proposal to project closure to include Profit and Loss (P&L).
  • Senior engagement manager and delivery manager for all contract and projects assigned to the IT (LOB).
  • Developed a team of subject matter experts and managed the professional development of the team.
  • Collaborated with business development, operations, other lines of business (LOB) and individual projects on the most appropriate application of methodologies..
  • Strategic growth, delivery and execution of the following services:
- Strategic Level Consulting on IT (CxO)
- Independent Validation and Verification (IV&V)
- IT Security (C&A, Evaluation, Identity theft)
- COOP, Planning, Implementation
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- IT Competency Assessments (Workforce)
- Configuration Management
- Requirements Management
- E-Learning Implementation
- EVMS System Implementation
 Information Technology Program Executive
Michael Baker Corporation, ~ Alexandria, Virginia
August 2003 – September 2005
Baker Strategic Capture Team on the DHS/FEMA Multi-Hazard Map Modernization (MHMM) Program contract award worth $750 million.
  • Performed highly visible project launch for PMO implementation of EVMS, Cost, Schedule and Performance controls. Nominated for Baker's 2003 President's Award for project success.
  • Managed GIS Mapping and Analysis Center for client on-site technical support services
  • Information Technology Program Executive Manager on FEMA Mapping on Demand Program for all multi-hazard program services, business development and information technology implementations.
  • Managed FEMA Mapping and Analysis Center (MAC) GIS task order with over $2MM annual revenue providing Agency programmatic and disaster support tasks.
  • Responsible for FEMA Enterprise GIS agency-wide Requirements, Strategic and Implementation Plan development and deployment.
  • Turn-around Project Manager for Multi-Hazard Information Platform (MIP). On-time delivery of web-based software application.
  • Responsible for overall MOD Contract budget growth and business development for GIS and Information Technology.
 Chief Information Officer
Michael Baker Corporation., ~ Alexandria, Virginia
August 1997 – August 2003
Re-organized and created business unit for all IT Department functions to include day to day Operations, Budgeting ($15 Million), Network Administration, Telecommunications, HelpDesk, and ordering, purchasing, and receiving of computer hardware and software.
  • Manager of a ninety person staff including the Network Administrators, Help Desk Analysts, Web Masters, and Systems Analysts and Developers.
  • Continuing enhancement of the technical credibility and reputation of the Company in specific business areas; analysis of the changing nature of client operational needs to determine and recommend new and improved concepts, techniques, methodologies, and systems.
  • Implemented Oracle ERP and E-Procurement business systems across 42 Global offices for 5500 users, to automate business processes and streamline enterprise system management.
  • Led the Business Analysis effort on a Global ERP implementation of Oracle Financials, HR, Procurement, Supply Chain, Document Management
  • Managed a Global technical team with over 45 senior developers and business analysts working from US, Australia, Japan, UK and Canada for a Global ERP implementation of Oracle ERP
  • Strong SAP B9/Peoplesoft, Oracle ERP experience in the Financial Suite.
  • Knowledge of Sales, Marketing, Job Costing and Warehouse modules of SAP and Oracle ERP
  • Excellent project management skills - ability to co-ordinate all aspects of global projects, set milestones and motivate people to achieve them.
  • Excellent software designing skills - ability to convert functional specifications to detailed technical design specifications.
  • Expertise in planning, designing and managing software implementations throughout the project lifecycle.
Systems Analyst
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., ~ Alexandria, Virginia
May 1996 – August 1997
Provided overall IT program support and leadership:
  • Maintained 5 Novell 4.x servers, and 1 Windows NT 4.0 server, including routine maintenance, upgrades, applying patches, installing print queues, and tape backups.
  • All end-user technical problem solutions including installation and configuration of Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0; hardware related issues including hard drives, memory, motherboards, and external devices; and software related issues including installation and configuration of all software being used.
  • System Management of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Field Office (DFO) suites, which included setting up and configuring NT 4.0 servers, workstations, printers, and plotters.
  • Maintained LAN e-mail system, which included GroupWise 4.1 and CCMAIL 3.0.
  • Created and administered user accounts, files, and directories as well as user permissions on the server.
  • Installed and configured TCP/IP protocols, Internet access, and user rights.
Legal Systems Analyst
Techlaw, Inc., ~ Chantilly, Virginia
January 1994 – January 1996
Provided overall IT program support and leadership:
  • Tracking (through FoxPro), archiving, processing, and coding of images for litigation documents for clients.
  • Image-based scanning and quality-control of litigation documents for clients.
  • Daily routine tape-backups of archive images and network volumes.
  • Daily maintenance of printers, including maintaining printer supplies and repairing broken printers.

EDUCATION


Radford University, ~ Radford, Virginia
1989
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science
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