Brian Higgins

About Brian Higgins

Seasoned professional (BSEE, MIS) with comprehensive experience and expertise in IT management, system architecture, enterprise application integration, process improvement, project management, budgeting, and strategic planning/forecasting across various industries in both established corporate and startup environments.Over 30 years of experience in business computing and corporate Information technology management across various Industries in both established corporate and startup environments. The last 19 years has been focused in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industry.Motivated achiever who successfully initiates, promotes, and applies technology to support and improve business processes, drive colleague collaboration and digital dexterity, while maximizing return on investment (ROI) with the highest standards for system reliability, performance, and flexibility.Extensive practical experience in biotech/pharmaceutical IT compliance requirements supporting Research, Development, and Medical business process, including regulatory agency (FDA 21 CFR Part 11), systems validation (IQ, OP, PQ), GDPR and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX).Management and transition to offshore support and outsourcing strategies.Proven global technology management and budgeting capabilities with excellent communications skills, leadership qualities, strong sense of teamwork, and cultural awareness.Additional experience includes Business Line and Enterprise Architecture, Cloud enablement and management, Global collaboration and content management, system consulting, and troubleshooting & Operations

Experience

1. Director, Architecture, Platform Engineering & Support Lead, Colleague Products & Solutions

   辉瑞

   Apr 2017 — Present · Groton, CT, US

   Architecture, Platform Engineering & Support lead for Pfizer’s Colleague Products & Solutions (CP & S) team within Pfizer Digital. The CP & S team provides Pfizer colleagues with a seamless collaboration experience rooted in a digital sharing mindset where people can work better together to progress business outcomes and power patient health using platforms including Office 365, Box, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive, Enterprise Search, and Yammer. Responsible as the the service owner for many of the O365 components, on-premise SharePoint farms, and is responsible for platform strategy, support and operations across all enabling services provided by CP & S.

Education

• Walden University

  Masters, Information Systems Management (MISM) & Healthcare Informatics

  2009 — 2011

• University of Rhode Island

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1981 — 1986

Skills

• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• IT Management
• 21 Cfr Part 11
• Computer System Validation
• Vendor Management
• Biotechnology
• Validation
• Architecture
• Quality Assurance
• Gxp
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Regulatory Submissions
• Leadership
• Outsourcing
• Management
• Business Intelligence
• Service Delivery Management
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• IT Strategy
• Change Control
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Integration
• U.s. Title 21 Cfr Part 11 Regulation
• Project Management
• Clinical Trials
• Strategy
• Operations Management