B: Interoperable Communications Essential for COVID-19 Response
Confronting Paper Thin Realities: Toilet Paper & Luca’s Dead Sister How Interoperable Communications Is Essential but Overlooked in the COVID-19 Pandemic According to media reports[1] in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, Luca Franzese’s sister, Teresa, died from a coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Naples, Italy. Under house quarantine, he called the city for help, but nobody knew what to do. The funeral home wasn’t cooperating and didn’t know what to do either. Her decaying...
B: Count on Us During the Coronavirus Response
Count on Us During the Coronavirus Response As our nation deals with the unfolding COVID-19 outbreak, you can count on us to be at your side. We serve those who are on the frontlines helping those in need, including emergency management, public safety and healthcare providers. Mutualink stands ready, willing and able to assist you at any time, day or night. You are connected to the largest network of government, public safety and private security organizations...
P: Dallas ISD Discusses Safety and Security Investments Available with Potential Bond Package
Dallas ISD Board Hears Remarks from School Security Professional DALLAS, TX — On Tuesday, members of the Dallas Independent School District Board of Trustees continued their discussions and review of options for a 2020 education bond package. While the Board is still considering plans that range from $2.7 billion to $3.7 billion, all proposals include important investments in school safety and security improvements. With the rate of emergency events in our schools on the rise,...
P: Dickinson ISD Leadership: Importance of Texas School Safety
Texas School Administration Conference in Austin AUSTIN, TX — Dickinson ISD Assistant Superintendent Robert Cobb, in partnership with the nation’s leading interoperable communications company Mutualink, attended the Texas Association for School Administrators (TASA) Midwinter Conference in Austin this week to lead a lecture on a topic at the forefront of the minds of so many school leaders, teachers, and parents: school safety. The TASA Midwinter Conference has become the most popular conference of the year for Texas...
P: Mutualink Adds AT&T Veteran Tina Chester to Key Management Position
Industry Leader Tina Chester Joins to Accelerate Growth and Expand Market Reach Mutualink, Inc., a leader in interoperable communications for homeland security, public safety and private security, is pleased to announce that AT&T veteran Tina Chester joins the company as Senior Vice President (SVP) of Sales, contributing to business strategies to deliver Mutualink’s mission for safe, interconnected communities. Tina Chester brings over 30 years of telecommunications experience to this role leading the sales team and...
B: Lessons Learned from Tragedy
Marjory Stoneman Douglas Final Report Given the recent publication of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission’s final report, it is clear that school administrators and law enforcement officials continue to grapple with achieving levels of communication that enable them to respond to threats to the health and welfare of their faculty and student community. In the wake of the grave communication breakdowns described in the MSDPSC final report, a comprehensive all-hazards approach...
Joe Mazzarella Appointed Mutualink President
January 7, 2020 WALLINGFORD, Conn.--Mutualink, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has appointed Joe Mazzarella as Mutualink President. Mark Hatten will continue in his current role as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mazzarella previously served as Mutualink’s General Counsel and Senior Vice President and, most recently, assumed management responsibility for Mutualink’s sales, marketing and government relations functions in addition to managing legal affairs. “We are fortunate to have someone...
Senate committee explores how Texans can prevent mass violence
Texas Senate Select Committee on Mass Violence Meets Thank you to Wes Rapaport for speaking with Mutualink's Solutions Executive in Texas, Devra Kelly, last week in Austin to discuss the legislature's focus on solving mass violence in Texas. In addition to Texas Department of Public Safety, several county public safety agencies and school districts use Mutualink's interoperability platform to improve communications and information sharing. The solution connects disparate radio systems within and agency, and also...
Texas Schools Could Be Helped by Communications Platform
Communications Platform Used by Dept. of Homeland Security Could Help Texas Schools Respond in an Emergency DALLAS, TX — This week, Texas School Administrators and Texas School Boards gathered for their annual convention at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas. On the minds of many: school safety. And in the wake of recent tragedies in across Texas, school leaders are looking for ways not only to prevent a school shooting, but how to...
Mutualink Edge IWS Earns FirstNet Listed Designation
Mutualink EDGE IWS Earns FirstNet Listed Designation FirstNet – America’s public safety communications platform – features the first-ever App Catalog geared to first responders. This gives FirstNet subscribers a dedicated location to find meaningful new solutions that have been specifically reviewed for use with FirstNet services. Before any mobile solution can be added to the FirstNet App Catalog, it must pass stringent tests for security, relevancy, data privacy and more. Achieving a FirstNet Listed designation...
Did You Say Operationalization?
By Mark Anderko – Sr. Director of Program Operations for Mutualink Operationalization by definition is the process of making something functional by putting something into effect. To further understand this definition, we must understand what the word effect means in this context. Effect – A change which is the result or consequence of an action or other cause. The process of operationalization takes a fuzzy concept and redefines it in a way that allows solutions...
Gap Analysis Breaking the Paradigm
Gap Analysis – The Insanity Breaking the Paradigm By Mark Anderko Have you ever taken a moment to reflect and critically look at programs and projects from a global perspective? If you have, then you have engaged in a review and assessment process of how people, policy and technology come together to deliver a desired outcome. Agencies perform this function to identify the effectiveness of their plans. It also help to identify challenges, called gaps,...
