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Marlon K. Schafer - Owner, Odessa Office Equipment
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 Carr Sales, an electrical supply store, hired him. Marlon went from delivery driver to rec. clerk to warehouse manager over the next couple of years, while also taking electronics classes. In 1991 he went to
work for a copier repair company where he serviced copiers, printers, faxes etc. until 1995. In 1995 he and his family moved back to Odessa and launched Odessa Office Equipment. In 1998 he bought his second largest local copier competitor.
In 1997 Odessa Office Equipment formed an Internet division offering local dialup services. As a pioneer in the High-Speed Fixed Wireless Industry, Marlon designed and installed one of the first High-Speed Wireless DSL systems in the country and authored the Homebrew DSL page
www.odessaoffice.com/sdsl.htm. 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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