Don Sinniger
Chanhassen,MN
Summary
Professional Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals. Organized, dependable, and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Skilled at identifying or anticipating problems and providing solutions.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Manager / Business Analyst
Carver County
06.2022 - Current
- Work with Sheriff's Office, Attorney's Office, Land, Water, and Environmental business process owners to define IT projects and manage development and implementation through entire project lifecycle
- Establish goals and milestones
- Develop or review business functional and informational requirements
- Collaborate with IT teams to match client business requirements to County enterprise application capabilities (SharePoint, CRM, Office365, and GIS) to determine best options for solving a business problem
- Gather, analyze, and document current practices, workflows, and business needs to identify efficiencies, alternatives, and gaps
- Reports status of projects and assignments to management on regular basis
- Develop and maintain effective and achievable project plans.
Project Manager
MNIT
07.2015 - 06.2022
- Manage IT projects for MNIT partnering with Department of Human Services (DHS) utilizing PMBOK and Agile methodology
- Ability to ensure quality and consistency across multiple projects in use of project planning, scheduling, scope, risk management, status reporting, change control, issues resolution, Release Management, and other project management controls and best practices through use of Sciforma Project Management software
- Established working relationships DHS Business partners and with State of Minnesota MNIT Enterprise for application, web services, server, desktop, support, and security
- Project work included: implementing a password expiration policy for DHS, assisted as DHS agency Technical Liaison contact for rollout of Azure Active Directory, point of contact for DHS agency rollout of Windows 10 and O365, completed agency-wide Gap Analysis related to Priority 1 Application Disaster Recovery, and implemented multifactor authentication solution for a major healthcare application.
Project Manager
Emergent Networks
03.2014 - 07.2015
- Coordination and scheduling of internal and external kickoff meetings with stakeholders and Professional Service Engineers
- Strong communication and leadership skills with stakeholders and team members
- Defining scope and writing project plans
- Documenting project successes and failures to be used for metrics and improving overall process.
Project Manager
Robert Half Technology
07.2013 - 10.2013
- Contract position with national on-line retail company
- Primary project responsibilities were with server and storage operations group including: collaborating with System Engineers to manage upgrades involving Windows 2012 servers and IBM XIV disk storage systems
- Utilized SharePoint to create documentation for Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) regarding systems stability issues and service interruptions
- Created Visio network diagrams showing complete infrastructure for development, test, and production environment.
- Monitored project performance to identify areas of improvement and make adjustments
Computer Network Manager/Project Manager
Three Rivers Park District
01.2005 - 09.2012
- Responsibilities included staff management, conducting performance appraisals, network infrastructure management, technical support, mentoring staff to develop their skills, purchasing hardware and software, managing software licensing, and project management in enterprise environment
- Additional responsibilities and accomplishments: Coordinated and completed installation of VMware ESX/ ESXi virtual server environment utilizing vCenter for administration of datacenter operations
- Installed and configured Windows Server 2012 Standard and R2 with AD group policy administration
- Worked with communications, marketing, and support staff to introduce best for web services
- Implemented wireless and fiber optic point to point solutions to reduce T1 communications costs
- Setup and configured ArcGIS Infrastructure
- Assisted Director of IT with evaluation and analysis of new products and applications
- Assisted Planning and Development with cabling infrastructure recommendations regarding new construction and rehabilitation of existing facilities
- In depth knowledge and experience of low voltage cabling and best practices
- Responsible for interfacing with multiple internal and external groups to ensure products and services are delivered on time and within budget
- Strong communication skills, project management, and ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Network Technician
Three Rivers Park District
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Provided hardware and software support for PC’s, laptops, and printers
- Provided technical support for 450+ users at 35 locations within 7 county Twin Cities Metro area
- Responsible for day-to-day System Administration for Novell and Microsoft servers with Active Directory administration
- Coordinated Mitel VoIP upgrade solution company wide and assisted with ongoing moves, adds, changes requests.
- Ran cabling and installed data drops for new node installations
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware, software and network problems and replaced defective components
IT Technical Analyst/LAN Administrator
Cargill, Inc.
03.1995 - 10.2000
- Provided hardware and software support for corporate legal department of 175 workstations
- Performed day to day administration for Novell 4.11 and NT 4.0 servers with responsibility for all network related issues as well as helpdesk and application support.
Education
Diploma - Computer Technology
Control Data Institute
St. Paul, MinnesotaDiploma - Electronic Servicing
Western Technical College
La Crosse, WisconsinSkills
- Project Management
- Agile & Waterfall
- MS Project
- Sciforma
- Clarizen
- ITIL Service Delivery
- Helpdesk/Support
- IT Operations
- MS Active Directory
- MS Azure
- MS Office 2016
- MS Office 365 ProPlus
- MS Windows 10
- MS Windows 11
- MS SharePoint
- MS Windows Server
- MS SQL Server
- MS SCCM
- MS Intune
- Group Policy Objects
- WSUS
- IBM AS/400
- VMware vCenter
- Horizon Client (VDI)
- SAN Storage
- Symantec Endpoint Manager
- Backup Exec
- PCI Compliance
- Cisco ASA Security
- Mitel 3300 (VoIP)
Certification
Certified Professional Project Manager (CPPM), University of St. Thomas
Timeline
Project Manager / Business Analyst
Carver County
06.2022 - Current
Project Manager
MNIT
07.2015 - 06.2022
Project Manager
Emergent Networks
03.2014 - 07.2015
Project Manager
Robert Half Technology
07.2013 - 10.2013
Computer Network Manager/Project Manager
Three Rivers Park District
01.2005 - 09.2012
Network Technician
Three Rivers Park District
01.2001 - 01.2005
IT Technical Analyst/LAN Administrator
Cargill, Inc.
03.1995 - 10.2000
Diploma - Computer Technology
Control Data Institute
Diploma - Electronic Servicing
Western Technical College
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