February - 20208GOVERNMENT CIO OUTLOOKin Rural America Enterprise Technology wImplementingOpinionIN MYShane McDaniel, Director - IT, City of SeguinByhen the City of Seguin, Texas decided the time had come to take the next step with technology and offered me the honor of becoming their first Director of IT in March of 2018, I brought twenty plus years of experience working in public and private industry in places such as Los Angeles, San Jose, Dallas, the DC area, and overseas. Having been born and raised in a small East Texas community I relished the opportunity to step away from the commotion of the places I had been living for so many years, but in accepting the challenge of delivering enterprise level IT to a rural community with a population just north of 30k I quickly learned I needed to adapt my approach to my new environment. The statement is a truism for any new role, but this was in part predicated by local culture which was a new experience for me.Seguin is a beautiful, old school, main street hometown that is a gateway of sorts to South Texas. The slogan you'll find celebrated around town is "It's real," which could not possibly be more accurate. The
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