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Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

247: His Emergency Software Protects Those That Matter Most

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Business

5.0619 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Cole Smith reveals the priorities behind his school safety software in terms of juggling. “Your business and your hobbies are like rubber balls, but your key relationships and family are a glass ball. Drop the first two and they bounce right back up. Let that glass ball drop and it shatters to pieces.” Founder of Tresit Group, a company that specializes in proactive solutions to help schools manage emergencies in real-time. Protecting others as a member of the U.S. military and Department of State, now he is giving teachers and law enforcement the right tools to keep safe those that matter most.

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0:00.0

Hello, world.

0:11.3

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love, number 247.

0:16.3

I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.

0:18.9

Every day, I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do

0:23.8

work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

0:28.5

Today, I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Cole Smith.

0:32.7

Welcome, Cole.

0:33.9

Thanks.

0:34.3

Glad to be here with you today, Don.

0:35.8

Thank you.

0:36.6

Cole, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

0:40.0

Yes, absolutely. All righty. Well, we are here to hear the whole story. Cole Smith is the founder of Trescent Group, a company that specializes in proactive solutions to help schools manage emergencies.

0:52.2

Cole has spent his career protecting others as a member of the

0:55.4

U.S. military and Department of State. He's now making his dent in the world by giving teachers

1:00.5

and law enforcement the right tools to keep those that matter most safe. His real job

1:06.2

consists of spending time with his wife and four children. Cole, that's a summary of your career.

1:11.6

Tell us what you're engaged in now that has you excited and fascinated, if you will.

1:16.9

Yeah, absolutely.

1:18.2

So I am very, very much engaged in the safety and protection of schools,

1:23.8

as it is a primary concern for a lot of people.

1:26.5

And I've spent about two years researching and

1:29.2

developing software system that can connect teachers and law enforcement during emergencies and

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