Alex Higgins

Operational Engineer & Transmission Controller

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About me
Vice President Operational Excellence & Transformation | Leadership | Innovation | Change
Education
- Henley Business School
  2011 - 2012
  Advanced Management Programme Management & Leadership
- Farnborough College of Technology (University of Surrey Degree)
  1996 - 1999
  Bachelor of Science (BSc) Media Technology & Production
  Activities and Societies: Communications Officer/Editor of Student Union Magazine
- Harvard Business School
  2023 - 2023
  Leading Global Businesses
- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  2022 - 2022
  The Emerging COO: Driving Innovation and Operational Excellence Business Administration and Management, General
Experience
- Pearson TV/Thames TV
  Jan 1995 - Jan 2001
  Operational Engineer & Transmission Controller
- BBC Technology
  Jan 2001 - Jun 2004
  Project Manager
- Red Bee Media
  Jun 2004 - Sept 2012
  - Head of Special Projects/Chief of Staff to CTO
    Jan 2012 - Sept 2012
  - Head of Technology Delivery
    Mar 2010 - Jan 2012
  - Head of Project & Programme Management
    Aug 2009 - Mar 2010
  - Project & Programme Management - Capability Lead
    Aug 2007 - Aug 2009
  - Project Manager
    Jun 2004 - Aug 2007
- Palgrave Macmillan
  Oct 2012 - May 2013
  Director of Technology/CTO
- Macmillan Science and Education
  May 2013 - Jul 2015
  Director of Technology Management
- Springer Nature Group
  Jul 2015 - now
  - VP, Research Solutions (Interim)
    Dec 2023 - now
  - VP, Operational Excellence & Transformation
    Jan 2023 - now
  - VP, Strategic Programme Implementation
    Jul 2019 - Dec 2022
  - Director, Office of the CIO
    Jul 2015 - Jul 2019
- Yeebee®
  Jul 2023 - now
  Non Executive Director
Licenses & Certifications
- Leading Global Businesses
  Harvard Business School
  Feb 2023
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- The Emerging COO: Driving Innovation and Operational Excellence Certificate
  Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  Apr 2022
- CISMP (Certificate in Information Security Management Principles)
  BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
  Jan 2018