Often times when something fails, something greater lies ahead. This happened to be the case for us. Megan and I started a marketing company in Elko, Nevada before the pandemic began. I worked a regular job as an engineering technician and surveyor for a local engineering firm and ran the business on the side out of our 1-bedroom apartment. We gained a few clients in the mining and real-estate sectors which, in turn, introduced us to drones. We utilized an inexpensive drone to capture images for realtors so they could post on the MLS. Soon after the pandemic, the housing market began to pick up steam. What this meant for us was that realtors no longer needed amazing images to sell homes. They just needed a picture from an iPhone and, boom! The house was sold a few hours after it was listed. With no real direction to go after this we had to close our doors, probably due to inexperience and a lack of insight. What we didn't lack was drive and the ability to follow our passions. This is when I began to formulate ideas about mapping and surveying for the agricultural and conservation sectors. As far back as I could remember I have felt at home in the outdoors. Growing up in Columbia Falls, Montana, Buffalo, Wyoming, and Battle Mountain, Nevada it was hard not to fall in love with your surroundings. Ranching was also introduced to me at a young age, I helped the Sansinena Ranch located in Beowawe, Nevada with early morning feedings every time I stopped to see my cousin, aunt, and uncle.
I didn't know what I would do with providing this data, all I knew is I wanted to give it a shot, allowing passion to take the wheel. I made a few calls to the Sansinena Ranch and the Tomera Ranch in Battle Mountain, Nevada. I asked if mapping/surveying would be of any help for their operation. Paul Tomera, a great friend of mine, got back to me and said they were in the planning process of installing a new pivot. The pivot needed to be placed strategically between a few landmarks and structures, he wanted to know how big the pivot would be and if the yield made sense to make the investment. I was beyond excited that he saw some value in this technology, and we scheduled a time to meet and map his property. Once I mapped the land I realized a couple things, the first was that I didn't know much about geospatial analysis, the other was that I loved being out in this environment. I was going to make something happen, because this is what I loved. Conservation, agriculture, and geospatial data all fit together perfectly and solving problems within these sectors added the final element. Here FinBee TAC was born!
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