About Us

History

Milestone Consulting Group, Inc. was formed in 2002. Milestone’s founders believe that an enterprise systems approach to the deployment of Microsoft's Enterprise Project Management (EPM), taking into account technical, integration, education, and organizational change management is a requirement for companies interested in successfully deploying this growing enterprise software solution.

Milestone provides best of breed solutions based solely on the Microsoft EPM platform. Milestone focuses on developing a complete EPM solution using Microsoft technologies through a carefully crafted system of implementing management best practices, defining solutions architectures, configuring, customizing, educating, and integrating with applications. Milestone’s solutions help companies reduce project lifecycle time, reduce project cost, and facilitate the re-use of best practices.

With over 250 successful EPM implementations to date, Milestone has and continues to be an EPM industry leader spanning the globe with its unique delivery approach and world wide education curriculum. Milestone's cliental ranges in size from Fortune 100 to small business firms with some relationships dating back to our company's inception.

Staff

All of Milestone’s staff is focused on particular aspects of delivery. Milestone’s consultants average over 19 years of experience and over 14 years of experience in the project management industry. Half of Milestone’s staff has master’s degrees and over 80% hold certifications in their areas of expertise. Certifications possessed by Milestone’s staff include: MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer), MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer), PMP (Project Management Professional), and CPM (Certificate in Project Management).

Milestone has five contributing authors to Que’s Special Edition: Using Microsoft Project 2003. Milestone regularly provides consulting for the Microsoft Project development team at Microsoft is actively involved in PMI, the Microsoft Project Users Group and pioneered the Microsoft Project Lunch and Learn series.

Partners

Partners
	Milestone Consulting Group, Inc. is a proud recipient of the coveted Microsoft Gold Partner status. This designation highlights Milestone's commitment to Enterprise Project Management and the use of the Microsoft EPM suite of tools. Milestone is proud to be part of a select group of solution providers who are awarded the Microsoft Gold Certified Partner designation.
	Visibility.biz is an award-winning consulting group with leading experts on Microsoft® Office Visio® offering education and consulting services to help organizations best leverage their Visio investment. Milestone Consulting Group, Inc. is the parent company for Visibility.biz. Visibility.biz provides clients with rich presentation and automated diagramming tools that dovetail's with the business process improvement and enterprise-wide project management tools and techniques Milestone already deploys. Visibility.biz was founded to focus exclusively on the growing need they saw in the market for custom Visio solutions and Visio education.
	forProject Technology provides project management solutions that complement Microsoft Project, Project Server and SharePoint in the areas of Earned Value Management and Cost/Financial Management. Our partnership with forProject Technology brings ANSI/EIA 748 and OMB compliant Earned Value Management to our customers.
	Matan is a leading Management Consulting firm. Matan's 100 expert consultants provide consulting services and solutions that help the organization to Achieve Excellence in Project Management, Portfolio Management, Development and IT Operations. Matan's Mission is to increase customer's competitive advantage by improving the quality & efficiency of management processes and techniques.
	Project Hosts is the leading provider of on demand Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM), CRM, and SharePoint. We use the latest proven Microsoft technologies and hosting techniques to maximize the security, availability, and performance of on demand Microsoft EPM, CRM, or SharePoint environment..
	Nintex is a leading global innovator of software that extends Microsoft SharePoint, bridging the gap between existing SharePoint features and customer needs. All Nintex products are designed with a passionate commitment to innovation and user experience. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Nintex aligns with Microsoft’s strategic and architectural direction to ensure that Nintex and Microsoft products work in harmony, both today and into the future. Please visit www.nintex.com for more information.
	New Horizons of Minnesota is the most respected technology training firm in the Midwest. Delivering the widest array of Business and IT training has earned us the status as one of the world's top Microsoft Gold training partners as well as a go-to partner for Novell, IBM and Citrix.
	Project Management Institute with more than 265,000 members in over 170 countries, PMI is the leading membership association for the project management profession. PMI is the world's leading not-for-profit association for the project management profession. Milestone is actively involved as a Registered Education Provider for the Project Management Institute (PMI) and founded the Twin Cities chapter of the Microsoft Project Users Group (MPUG).

Industry Associations

Association

MPUG (Microsoft Project Association)

PMI/MN (Project Management Institute-MN Chapter)