Beau Higgins

Vice President of Business Development at Oplign, LLC
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Tampa, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Vice President of Business Development
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Tampa, Florida, United States Oplign’s talent acquisition suite gives talent professionals the ability to see which profiles fully align with their open positions and uses artificial intelligence to provide job seekers information on what role would be the best fit for their skillset.

    • United States
    • Business Consulting and Services
    • Senior Recruitment Executive
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Tampa, Florida, United States Executive Recruiting, Coaching, and Management. Business Consulting for Veteran focused hiring.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Manager, Military Talent Acquisition
      • Aug 2016 - Apr 2023

      Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area As a Senior Manager on Amazon’s Military Affairs team, Beau is a leader of organization that is tasked with elevating the cross-company strategic impact, inside and outside of the company, of the considerable investment Amazon has made in the US Military Veteran community. The Military Affairs team is responsible for creating scalable veteran programs, developing policies and strategic planning for military recruiting and outreach efforts, and focusing on hiring, developing and retaining the… Show more As a Senior Manager on Amazon’s Military Affairs team, Beau is a leader of organization that is tasked with elevating the cross-company strategic impact, inside and outside of the company, of the considerable investment Amazon has made in the US Military Veteran community. The Military Affairs team is responsible for creating scalable veteran programs, developing policies and strategic planning for military recruiting and outreach efforts, and focusing on hiring, developing and retaining the best and the brightest military talent available for positions within Amazon. Additionally, the Military Affairs team is focused on developing Amazon’s ongoing efforts to increase hiring of diverse Veteran talent, military spouses, and wounded warriors, as well as engaging with multiple Military Support Organizations (MSO’s) to develop pipelines of Veteran talent. Show less

    • United States
    • Telecommunications
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director of Operations
      • Aug 2014 - Aug 2016

      Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area Responsible for leadership of sales team and lead for Business Development for Custom Cable. Providing timely solutions for your fiber optic, copper, and RF cable fabrication and installation requirements.

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Commanding Officer, Headquarters Battalion, 2nd Marine Division
      • Jul 2012 - Aug 2014

      Camp Lejeune, NC Leads a unit of over 1500 military, government, and contractor employees executing a budget of 3.2 million and maintaining equipment worth 126 million with the mission of providing command and control and logistical support to the leadership of 2nd Marine Division.

    • Commanding Officer Special Purpose MAGTF Marine Week New York City
      • May 2014 - Jun 2014

      Greater New York City Area Lead, supervise, and support 500 Marines in the execution of a week long Community, Country, and Corps outreach program across New York City. Planned and executed in conjunction with locally based Marine units, City Government, Volunteer Support Organizations, Civic Leaders, and Sports Teams. Directly responsible for all coordination and support required to ensure the safe professional execution of military demonstrations, ceremonies, and VIP events.

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Commanding Officer, Task Force Belleau Wood
      • Jul 2013 - Nov 2013

      Helmand, Afghanistan Deployed and led a 2500 member task force comprised of US, British, Georgian, and Jordanian personnel tasked with providing security and force protection for the coalition forces operating in Southwest Afghanistan. (July-Nov 2013)

    • Director, Intelligence Plans Division
      • Jul 2009 - Jun 2012

      MacDill AFB, Tampa, FL and Kabul, AFG 2 years running Intel plans (J25) for SOCOM. Involved in a myriad of different planning efforts in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and responsible for leading a diverse team of military and civilian intelligence professionals to support the intelligence planning needs of Commander USSOCOM. 1 year deployed as the J2 for CFSOCC in Kabul, AFG in charge of 15 man team that provided intelligence support to the development of the afghan local police (ALP) program as well as… Show more 2 years running Intel plans (J25) for SOCOM. Involved in a myriad of different planning efforts in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) and responsible for leading a diverse team of military and civilian intelligence professionals to support the intelligence planning needs of Commander USSOCOM. 1 year deployed as the J2 for CFSOCC in Kabul, AFG in charge of 15 man team that provided intelligence support to the development of the afghan local police (ALP) program as well as daily intelligence updates to the CFSOCC Cdr and staff. Led USSOCOM's intelligence planning efforts and played a critical role in operationalizing several plans that had previously been in development. Dramatically improved the internal and external coordination/outreach of the Division highlighted by providing a strategic focus and detailed agenda to the first annual Department of Defense Counter Terrorism conference. Processed and designed solutions for multiple urgent intelligence support requests in support of both combat operations in Afghanistan and special operations being conducted as part of the global war on terrorism. Show less

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Graduate Student, Air War College
      • Jul 2008 - Jul 2009

      Student at the US Air War College completing a curriculum leading to a Master of Military Strategy Degree.

    • United States
    • Armed Forces
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Commanding Officer, 1st Recon Battalion
      • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

      Led a 500-Marine reconnaissance organization during high intensity combat operations in Iraq from March of 2007-October of 2007. Planned, coordinated, and supervised the execution of multiple large scale, combat operations to include counter insurgency operations, clandestine operations, and counter sniper and counter IED efforts throughout Western Iraq

    • Operations Officer
      • Jul 2004 - Jul 2006

      Damneck, VA Operations Officer for the Intelligence Training Command that serves both the Navy and Marine Corps. Developed and implemented the standup of the Marine Corps Intelligence Schools Command shepherding it from a concept through the approval process and into implementation resulting in the coordinated efforts of 5 geographically diverse elements to provide cutting edge intelligence training for the Marine Corps

    • Graduate Student, Marine Corps Command and Staff College
      • Jul 2003 - Jun 2004

      Selected to attend a Masters Degree program, which was subsequently cut short due to selection for deployment to Iraq to serve as the Senior Analyst and Fusion Officer for the Div/MEF Task Force Fusion Center during Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-04.

    • Intelligence Officer, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
      • Aug 2000 - Jun 2003

      Lead a group of 56 Marines in the Collection, Analysis and Dissemination of intelligence during combat deployments to Afghanistan in 2001-02 and Iraq 2003.

    • Signals Intelligence Officer
      • Apr 1990 - Jul 2000

      Served in a variety of tactical billets as Signals Intelligence Officer including operations in Somalia and Bosnia as well as command tours at 2d Radio Batallion and in Guam.

Education

  • University of Virginia
    Bachelor of Arts, International Relations
    1985 - 1989
  • Jesuit High School of New Orleans
  • George Mason University
    Masters in Business Administration, Business Administration
    1993 - 1996
  • Marine Corps Command and Staff College
    Military National Resource Strategy and Policy
    2003 - 2004
  • USAF Air War College
    Masters, Military Strategy
    2008 - 2009

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