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Marlon K. Schafer
Owner - Odessa Office Equipment
CTO - KMS Wireless |
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| Born and raised in the farming community of Odessa, WA. After high school he entered the United States Air Force and became a Linesman. During his stint in the Air Force Marlon worked on overhead and under ground high voltage electrical distribution systems, security lighting, and runway lighting. Upon his Honorable Discharge in 1988 he returned to Odessa to help with the family specialty foods business. In 1989 he and his wife moved to Spokane where and he went to work with a temporary employee company and worked at a series of odd jobs till he was hired full time at by Carr Sales, an electrical supply store in mid 1989. Marlon went from delivery driver to rec. clerk to warehouse manager over the next couple of years, while also taking electronics classes. at night. In 1991 he went to work for a copier repair company. He worked on copiers, printers, faxes etc. until 1995. In 1995 he and his family moved back to Odessa and opened Odessa Office Equipment and started repairing office equipment in the surrounding areas. In 1997 Odessa Office Equipment was formed as an Internet division offering dialup services to the Odessa area. In 1998 he bought his second largest copier competitor in the area. Marlon then authored the Homebrew DSL page (www.odessaoffice.com/sdsl.htm). When it became apparent that dsl was also not a viable solution for most markets Marlon designed and installed one of the first high-speed Wireless DSL systems in the country. Since that time in early 2000 he's built 7 broadcast sites in 4 markets. As CTO and part owner of KMS Wireless, Marlon has helped hundreds of other Internet Providers break into the WDSL game. Marlon markets a wide range of wireless equipment and also provides design, installation, and troubleshooting services for most types of wireless systems. |
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