David Higgins Email & Phone Number

Oxford, GB

Montreal, Quebec, CA

Responsible for the strategic direction and organic growth of the WSP Mission Critical and Data Centre Sector in EMEA. Operating across all WSP services, geographies and business units. Working with colleagues around the world to strengthen our position and grow the sector in region and globally.

Dallas, Texas, US

Promoted to head up the overall Technology Sector (including key sub sectors of Data Centers & High Performance Logistics / Hi Tech Industrial) across the Europe and India region for AECOM.

Dallas, Texas, US

Recruited to lead and set a new strategy for profitable growth of the Data Centre Market Sector for AECOM across the EMEA region.

Dallas, Texas, US

Responsible for the outsource of operations, projects and further development of a clients portfolio of data centres across the Europe and US regions.

Coventry, GB

As part of the strategic leadership team responsible for sales development and management of the Sector for E.ON UK, focused predominately within data centre facilities but also in critical pharmaceutical R&D and manufacturing. Contracts are high risk in nature involving the upgrade or installation of energy generation assets, technology control systems.

Owner and Director of Management Consultancy business offering:- Strategic and consultative business development services in the energy and technology sectors.- Programme delivery management, including project / programme governance and budgetary control.- Effective client relationship management and commercial negotiation - Procurement and 3rd party.

London, UK, GB

Responsible for overall sector strategic development and business management of critical engineering / data centre deployments and decentralised energy generation solutions on a consult, design & build, fund and operate contract basis for both private and public sector clients.

London, GB

Responsible to the group board for the P&L, business manangement and sales development of the Technology Services Division within a multi services engineering consultancy, specialising in data centres and technology infrastructure projects including intelligent building design.

Plano, Texas, US

• Responsible for the P&L of the UK & Eire region including the sales, strategic development and business development functions.
• Initially appointed to lead post-acquisition business restructuring and then as overall Managing Director of the project / services business.
• Integrated all newly-acquired companies (7) into a single operation, with regional P&L structure increased from a negative EBIT position to strong double digit % within 12 months.
• Leadership, management and motivation of a large multi-functional team of sales, project & technical resources.
• Led the business development and / delivery of a portfolio of client IT infastructure projects & service contracts, including major programmes across Europe.

• Responsible for all aspects of business unit / divisional management, including managing project & service delivery & sales development of a technology integration division within a London based Design and Build.
• Implemented a new business / sales plan focused on growth, achieving 1st yr revenue growth of over 30%

Responsible for operational management and leadership of a UK based IT integration projects, solutions & services business, grown significantly through acquisition. My responsibility included the merging of acquired organisations resources in to one effective operational delivery team. Part of the senior management team to enable acquisition of the overall.

Houston, Texas, US

Responsible for project & programme delivery for DEC inc.clients and their partners, including multi- site complex systems integration projects.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Responsible for all aspects of project management and delivery, including systems design & deployment of IT infrsatructure projects.