Marcus Thesburg
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Email: mthesburg@ideltech.com (mailto:mthesburg@ideltech.com)
MSN: marcusthesburg@hotmail.com
AIM: MarcusThesburg
website: www.ideltech.com
Age: 29
Masters Degree from University of Oregon (Programming
Marcus is the front man for Ideltech Information. He works as the spokesperson and meets with clients regularly. Marcus is determined to keep the work atmosphere light. Not common practice when working with high-ranking government officials. The philosophy is spawned after reading an article in Business Week on Southwest Airlines' rise to success. Marcus recalls how the employees were never asked to take their work so seriously it made them stressed. This light hearted approach to some seems like empathy, but it is the contrary. Marcus cares enough productivity to excuse all the other smaller details which inhibit the bottom line. Marcus' drive has made him very successful in finding companies which used Ideltech services for investment research. Marcus has not done any programming since college so usually brings Marty or Jude along to answer and technical questions presented. The shift of focus from programming has freed time for corporate development. How many lines of code do you think Bill Gates looks through? Marcus asks. He is very product conscious and knows TOBI's capabilities as well as just about anyone. The hard part is figuring out [which] questions I can answer and not give away any trade secrets which make TOBI special. Most of the financing for the new office in Aloha was found by Marcus. The new building required a down payment of $1.8 million before construction began. Most of Ideltech's previous work brought in no more than $60k. Unfortunately, a forward on the $76 million dollar government grant scheduled for payment July 31st was out of the question. Marcus had 1.8 million reasons to give up. Instead Marcus found 1.2 million dollars in investing. He invested $111k found in Ideltech's accounts and mortgaged his fathers home for another $131k. The $242k dollars was split up between stocks, and temporarily purchasing small business and selling them after a few improvements. The amount summed to $1.64 million in five months. Another $40k was found in signature loans from various financing companies. The last $120k needed was provided by Jude when his parents gave him the rest as a loan. Marcus lives in Amboy Washington with his golden retriever. His family also lives in Amboy. Marcus spends most of free time enjoying Portland night life, golfing, the Cedars Golf Club, and attending Mike’s; his little brothers’ high school sports games.
Girlfriend: currently available (Should we invite him to Orkut? Would that breach the terms of use? Do we care?) Past relationships: Melody in High School - after that we seem to have two different stories; Sandy Martin, about 7 months ago had an affair that ended and is now professional; Alecia Church -??