Brad D. Smith

So-

Well, people might not immediately think like, um, tech when they think West Virginia, um, but Huntington specifically, you know, the, um, the president, Brad Smith, of Marshall University is a tech guy, and they're having, y- you know, the Institute for Cybersecurity is moving in.

And then when Aaron and I were at, um, WVU last week, that, you know, that's considered a tech corridor.

Mm-hmm.

Cultivated, yeah

... with Marshall, cultivated, uh, at Marshall has been fantastic.

This, and now with, you know, Brad Smith being president there and the focus around technology, and our, our passion for technology as well.

So, you know, why we talk about hollers and mountains, uh, AccessWorld definitely has a place in West Virginia, I think, which is nice.

I love workshops, but you need a sustained effort over time.

I think it was Brad Smith at Intuit.

This quote always stuck with me.

He said-- Uh, he was the CEO when, uh, when I was visiting Intuit at the time, and he said, "Well, we have this change going on inside our company, and it's in our bloodstream, but it's not in our DNA."

Incredibly hard to do well, by the way.

It is possible, but you have to work through IP and equity and have a founding team and all that and the branding.

So it's not as simple as saying, "Let's just spin it out." So it's very interesting when I look at companies and, and see, how do we make this part of your DNA? I think it was, I think it was Brad Smith at Intuit.

This quote always stuck with me.

They think it is a great way to solve a lot of the problems.

West Virginia University President Michael T. Benson and Director of Athletics Ren Baker, as well as Brad Smith and Gerald Harrison, their counterparts at Marshall University, have publicly expressed support for the PCSA.

I'm Daniel Woods, 580

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