{"id":332,"date":"2021-05-13T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T19:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanedavis.info\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2021-05-19T12:38:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T19:38:03","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/kanedavis.info\/?page_id=332","title":{"rendered":"My Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 class=\"western\"><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Over the years, I have accumulated various skills in a broad spectrum of jobs. A student in my twenties, I took various evening classes while working in the auto glass industry, eventually returning to full-time college at California State University, Sacramento, where I obtained a BS degree in Environmental Science.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During this time I had two internships, both for the state of California: the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In my early thirties I worked as vegetation ecologist for the California DFW. This was a great job: surveying ecosystems, identifying plants, trapping small mammals, and compiling data for aerial photo interpretation. Here I learned GIS and SQL.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">After I married, and found a new opportunity to own a business in Lake Tahoe, buying UPS Store franchises, and managing three stores in Northern California\u2014this allowed me to further develop my business management skills. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">When my wife and I adopted a newborn girl, we decided to sell the business and move to Phoenix. <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For the next decade I worked in computer technology, first at <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">GoDaddy, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">then Sage Software. I performed troubleshooting&#8212;for professional clients and the general public&#8212;in areas of web design and maintenance, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">CRM software, database and sync issues, LAN, Remote, Web-Client and Cloud-based environments. Here I discovered Linux, which has remained one of my passions. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">From there I became a state employee with Arizona Department of Health Services, as a Dispensary Agent Specialist for the Bureau of Special Licensing. My duties included troubleshooting point-of-sale issues, acting as a liaison between dispensary clients and our IT staff. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Due to statewide cutbacks, this job ended and as a side job I started an LLC&#8212;first in Arizona and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">C<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">alifornia, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">and now in Idaho&#8212;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I am operating my own real estate photography business (Kane Davis Photography LLC, please visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kanedavis.com\/\">www.kanedavis.com<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0to view my work).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2018 my family resettled in the charming town of Lincoln, California. Here I landed a job as a Field Biologist for Mountain G Enterprises, which offered me a chance to hone my botany skills, work with tree crews and property owners, and gain an education in power and gas utilities, contracted under PG&amp;E.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It is now my plan to re-connect with\u00a0my career of passion, Environmental Science, employing the broad set of skills I have acquired over the past decades. I moved to the Treasure Valley last October 2020: my family is excited to make a new home in a beautiful, more traditional state, where values and kindness are the norm.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6 class=\"western\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Thank you for visiting my website: please review my resume, references and credentials. I hope you will consider me an excellent choice for the position I have applied for.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h6>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8212; Kane Davis, May 2021<\/span><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, I have accumulated various skills in a broad spectrum of jobs. 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