Bruce Higgins Consulting Executive Management Consulting Bruce Higgins Jr. - C.E.O.EXPERTISE | CAREER BACKGROUND | EDUCATION    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  CAREER BACKGROUND  AREAS OF EXPERTISE • Market Research & Feasibility Studies • Total Quality Management Procedures • Staff Leadership & Team Development • Project Management • T echnology Consulting

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, VirginiaManaged all aspects of Sales and Revenue generation for entire $30 million dollar company:  June 2006 – October 2007          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 PresidentSilo 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 OfficerMichael 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 AnalystMichael 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 AnalystTechlaw, 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. 
  EDUCA TIONRadford University, ~ Radford, Virginia 1989 

• Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science
PUBLICA TIONS
• “It ain’t over, until you do your Post Implementation Audit” o CIO Magazine Article
o October 1, 2003
Authors: Meridith Levinson, Bruce Higgins Jr. ERP Implementation Post Implementation Audits
• “Michael Baker deploys new process to bring its hardware, software purchases under control” o Pittsburgh Business Timeso May 30, 2003
Authors: Maria Guzzo, Bruce Higgins Jr.
E-Procurement Implementation
• “Washington Business Consultants team up with Verizon Center to create top business club establishment” o PRNewswire
o May 27, 2007

               

Author: Bruce Higgins JrCollaborations and Washington Sports & Entertainment Create Collaborations by SiloSmashers at Verizon Center. http://www.verizoncenter.com/mediacenter/a6.pdf
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