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Million Dollar Relationships - Wayne Smith

Author
Kevin Thompson
Published
Wed 14 Sep 2022
Episode Link
https://sites.libsyn.com/407312/-million-dollar-relationships-wayne-smith

Welcome Back to Million Dollar Relationship! Our guest today is Wayne Smith

Wayne is the founder of Vertex Innovations, Finalze, and a partner of the charitable We4Smith organization. His background is in creating, building, and realizing.

From machine shop and fabrication to residential and commercial construction to starting and running an award-winning telecom project management company, he has established himself as a forward-thinking, problem-solving entrepreneur.

Wayne’s construction expertise and passion for learning have enabled him to place modern-day construction practices on a continuous climb toward higher standards via people, processes, and tools.

Over the past 20 years, Wayne has helped to build our country’s telecom infrastructure- the very foundation upon which much of our 21st Century lives rest. Recently, he founded a software company that will develop applications to connect managers to field employees, vendors to customers, and everyone in between. The first software app is currently beginning the Beta phase.

 

Today let’s hear Wayne as he honors the people that changed his life, His wife Erica

and Sheldon Henderson.

 

Key Highlights: 

[00:00 - 10:02] Opening Segment

  • Wayne Smith is a cost accountant and project manager who has worked on 6,000 projects in 38 states.
  • He started his company, Vertex Innovations, with his wife seven years ago.
  • Vertex offers a total remote workforce and manages complex telecom networks in venues.
  • One of the most rewarding things about Wayne's work is the ability to connect people to stay connected.

[10:22 - 26:49] Sheldon and Erica's Impact on Wayne's Life

  • Sheldon teaches Wayne Cost Accounting and helped him understand how to make money and manage projects effectively.
  • His career trajectory was helped by Sheldon's impact on his life.
  • Erica, Wayne’s wife has been a huge support in helping him focus on building a company with value.
  • Relationships are important, and Wayne believes that anything we do is possible if we put our minds to it.

[26:48 - 28:34] Closing Segment

 

 

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Tweetable Quotes

 

 

“When you look at a 10,000-foot view of what I've done, I've allowed people to have the convenience of staying connected. With their families, with their friends, and helping them with their careers.” - Wayne Smith

 

 

 

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