About Us
Mission
Our mission is to help wireless dealers, buyers, administrators and end-users take control of their business and their lives wherever they may be. If you need more control of your business and personal life, feel free to contact us.
History:
Marquis Mobile Solutions was incorporated in February of 2007. Today, Marquis serves approximately 100 wireless sales locations in 6 states. Amongst Marquis' customers are wireless distributers, carrier exclusive retailers, business to business sales teams, and dozens of small shops that provide expert wireless sales and support to small towns throughout the midwest.
Founder:
Mark Jenkins, Marquis' founder and President, began helping people
understand technology as a college student in 1985 when he helped write
campus software manuals and toured the country speaking about smartcards.
Mark's speech on smartcard technology garnered him invitations to 2
national speech championships and job offers from the country's leading
smartcard companies.
In 1997, Mark made the jump from computers and software to the world of
wireless communications. Within 18 months, Mark was representing
Aerial Communications (now T-Mobile) on an international wireless data
group. In his 2 years on the GSM Alliance Services Working Group,
Mark helped develop wireless data standards and interoperability amongst
North American wireless carriers. He also worked with the GSM
Alliance Public Relations Working Group to promote the benefits of
wireless data. In 2001 Mark was asked to help develop T-Mobile's
national sales engineering team. Mark moved to Washington, D.C. to
be T-Mobile's technical resource for Fortune 500 companies and the U.S.
government. Mark helped T-Mobile secure Wireless Priority Service
and Type 1 secure communications contracts with NCS (National
Communications System, now part of the Department of Homeland Security)
and the NSA (National Security Agency).
Late in 2002, Mark decided to return to Minnesota. Mark joined the
management team at Select Communications to help this already successful
wireless retailer, distributor and business sales organization take
advantage of the opportunities in wireless data. Over the next 4
years, Select grew its wireless data sales from zero to several thousand
activations a year. Select's success helped motivate wireless
carriers and handset manufacturers to develop wireless data support
programs for their dealers nationwide.
Today, Mark continues helping consumers and companies understand how they
can use wireless data to take control of their business and their lives as
an entreprenuer, writer and public speaker. Mark's writing has been featured in
Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine, Computer Reseller News, Computer Retail
Week, and Entrepreneur Magazine. Mark has also contributed to
several articles in Twin Cities Business Monthly and "Mobile Advertising:
The Next Big Thing Hasn’t Arrived" for the Newspaper Association of
America.
Mark's has guest lectured at universities, been a featured speaker and panelist at several technology seminars, addressed civic functions and spoken at several companies events. Mark also provides businesses and individuals with the skills and tools they need to take control through his company, Marquis Mobile Solutions, Inc.