Cole is the author of 4 books and holds patents in multiple countries. An international keynote speaker at 40+ across 6 countries, including a TEDx event, he has served on advisory boards to international organizations focusing on design and development, and his work, both fiction and non-fiction, has been published. Based on his first patent, he assembled a team and won the National Research Council of Canada’s COVID-19 Digital Clearinghouse Challenge, receiving $1.3 million in grants to examine critical supply chains and prototype technology solutions, first in healthcare and subsequently in construction.