James Saniger

Bachelor of Science, IT - Information Technology (WGU Tennessee) — 22+ years experience — Maryville, United States (Verified)

About James Saniger

K-12 infrastructure is a different animal. Budgets are tight, timelines are locked to summers, and the person who approved the project is often the same one who has to explain the outage to the school board. I've been in that room. I understand what's actually at stake. I've spent thirty years building infrastructure that has to work — from managing a statewide ISP network serving 15,000+ customers to VP of Project Engineering, where I built an engineering team from scratch. In 2020 I moved deliberately into K-12, and I've spent the years since rebuilding the district from the ground up: network architecture, firewall, virtualization, disaster recovery, phone systems, and monitoring. When the network is invisible, teachers teach, and students learn. That's the whole job. I work best on problems that need someone who can go deep on the technical layer, explain it clearly to non-technical stakeholders, and build something that holds up long after the project closes. If you're facing a rebuild, an upgrade, a recovery, or a situation that doesn't have an obvious answer — that's where I start.

Education

• WGU Tennessee — Bachelor of Science, IT, Information Technology (2018)
• Arkansas Tech University — Computer Science, Computer Science (1996)
• Leadership Blount — Leadership, Leadership (2020)

Certifications

• CompTIA Linux+
• CompTIA A+
• CompTIA Project+
• CCNA - Cisco Certified Network Associate
• CCDA - Cisco Certified Design Associate
• CCENT - Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician
• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
• CIW Web Foundations Associate
• CIW Web Design Specialist
• CIW Javascript Specialist

Experience

• Senior Network Administrator at Maryville City School District
• District Network Administrator at Maryville City School District
• Vice President - Project Engineering at PCS, Inc.
• Engineering Services Manager at PCS, Inc.
• Technical Sales and Engineering Manager at PCS, Inc.

Languages: English

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