Shane McDaniel

countryexec.com — The Country Executive - A leadership blog for those with rural roots

countryexec.com — Background Information I participated in my first interview as the hiring manager around 2009. I wasn't the main guy. It was a two-person panel style interview held at a restaurant in Palmdale, CA. We were interviewing a young man for an open position on our asset control team.

countryexec.com — Hello again everyone! It's been a whirlwind of late for me trying to keep up with all my responsibilities in Texas local government. Last week we had our TAGITM for the first time in two years and it was such a blast.

countryexec.com — Hard to believe a year has passed since I purchased the countryexec.com domain and published my first post. Mere weeks prior the COVID-19 pandemic had completely annihilated our way of being, and society was in the midst of a toilet paper outage that I have yet to comprehend.

countryexec.com — As I sit here waiting for the greatest winter storm to hit Texas in thirty-five years to pass, I've had plenty of time to detach from life's standard obligations and think about some things. We breezed right through Valentine's and President's Day dealing with the wrath of the storm.

countryexec.com — I consider myself a bit of a renaissance man having grown up in a world I would term to be a closed environment. We knew what we knew and that was that. We didn't take vacations. Traveling the country or visiting Disneyland sounded like crazy talk. That just wasn't in the cards.

countryexec.com — Here's something not everyone can lay claim too. I conceived a phrase, a way of being in a professional context. Yet another oddity in my professional existence. I am particularly proud of my creation as I believe it defines me and who I am as a professional incredibly well in just two simple words.

countryexec.com — A couple of weeks back my wife and two of our four dogs took off to the beautiful Texas coast town of Port Aransas for a few days. We had a vacation planned in May to Seven Mile Beach in Grand Cayman that was of course canceled due to the pandemic.

countryexec.com — After months of seemingly never-ending work projects interwoven with the Covid-19 pandemic, I welcomed the extended Labor Day weekend with open arms. I took some much-needed downtime with the extra day off, spent time in nature with Mrs.

countryexec.com — Occasionally when speaking to the journey that has led me to where I am today, I am asked how my career came to be what it is. It has been a fun, wild ride. Full of adventure defined by taking chances that shaped me as an adult and embracing experiences beyond the status quo of how I was raised.

countryexec.com — For the first thirty years of my life I was a world class time waster, seemingly incapable of living beyond the moment. I've always had a strong will and possessed the ability to commit to whatever I set my mind to, but like many young folks my intentions were misguided resulting in years that could have been better spent investing in activities more beneficial in a general sense.

security.govciooutlook.com — Implementing Enterprise Technology in Rural America By Shane McDaniel, Director - IT, City of Seguin - When the City of Seguin, Texas decided the time had come to take the next step with technology and offered me the honor of...