Fred Higgins Email & Phone Number

Fred Higgins offers a blend of technical expertise, leadership, business acumen, and interpersonal skills that for more than twenty five years have enabled his clients to achieve greater success through leading edge business solutions. Leading project teams numbering from one client in a "mentor" situation to complex teams of over one hundred professionals, Fred has consistently delivered world class results for his clients in both the private and public sectors.His particular expertise lies in: Program and Project Management Quality Management Business and Technology Strategy Alliances and Business Partnerships Business Process Improvement Technology Architectures and InfrastructureFred has spent a majority of his consulting career in the healthcare and public sector industries, working both in the business aspects of healthcare, as well as clinical systems. Fred led the implementation of one of the first comprehensive HL7 based hospital information systems which linked the core ADT (Admit, Discharge, Transfer) functionality with the ancillary systems such as Lab, Radiology, Pharmacy, and Dietary. At OTB Solutions, Fred continues to build on his healthcare experience while managing several of OTB’s larger accounts. This currently ranges from implementing major hospital electronic health record systems to assisting clients with current challenges and strategies. Fred spent 18 years as a consultant with Accenture and then Avanade before co-founding OTB solutions Group in 2002. Prior to his consulting career, Fred worked as a Control Systems Design Engineer, at the Boeing Company Defense Systems group and for Honeywell Marine Systems. During his graduate studies, Fred helped start a medical device development and manufacturing company focused on technologies to detect and prevent infant sleep apnea.

Listed skills include Management Consulting, It Strategy, Business Process Improvement, Business Intelligence, and 8 others.

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  Consultant

  Otb Solutions

  2002 - Present

  Fred is one of the founders of OTB Solutions