About Patriot IT
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Mike Marquardt saw the movie War Games in 1985 and was fascinated by the modem / hacking into the Government systems and that is where it all began. From that point on he started playing with computers and took some basic DOS classes. In 1986, he started his own BBS called Sinbad's Dungeon where he purchased an IBM XT with dual 5 1/4 inch floppy drives, a 20MB Hard Card, and 300 baud coupler modem and dedicated phone line to host users one call at a time. Users would visit the various boards (today we call them forums) and at 3:00 AM every night the system would go off-line, pack up all of the day's messages and deliver via dial-up to the next node; and the process would repeat throughout the night until messages were delivered across the FidoNet Network. His BBS was an Opus by Winn Wagner. He ran the BBS until 1988. He designed his own screen graphics, hosted two online games; an artificial intelligence game and a maze style game. He was called by users to chat or answer questions, to which he would answer as Sysop. 
Yes, our roots go wayyyyy back!
1982-1985
MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS, IRVINE, CA
Mike's career started as the National Account Manager. He was in charge of sales to Mid, Major and National Accounts offering banded WATS and dial up code/auto dialer services.
1985-1988
PACIFIC TELESIS | ORANGE, CA
Mike became the Major Account Manager that was responsible for the acquisition and retention of Major Accounts. The list: IBM, Apple Computer, Compaq, HP, AT&T. Sales of PBX, Voicemail, LAN’s, Computers, and giant cellular phones.
1988
FIRST TEL BUSINESS SYSTEMS | ANAHEIM, CA
Mike became President/Owner of a communications company providing sales, service, repair, installation and programming of business telephone systems, voice processing systems, 2 way radio, cellular telephones, and computers.
1993-1996
SPRINT | SAN DIEGO, CA
Mike was the Data Sales Manager that provided regional support for the mid and major market segments for Southern California and Las Vegas. He was responsible for all revenue generated in the region from data related products: Frame Relay, ATM, Internet Gateway (Sprintlink), ISDN PRI, International Private Line and Multidrop private line networks.
1996-1997
NETWORK MCI | SANTA ANA, CA
As the Strategic Product Manager, Mike's main roles included being a Local Service Specialist and Data Product Specialist to support San Diego, Orange County, and L.A Mid, Major and Corporate National Accounts. Mike was specifically assigned to Microsoft and Disney to support their existing data networks.
1997-1998
MGC COMMUNICATIONS | ONTARIO, CA
As the General Manager, Mike was responsible for sales, service, marketing, RSU/Access Node Deployment, CO Installation and maintenance, general office management and administration, customer service liaison, community and government relations, operations, budget and P&L.
1999-2005
FT11 INTERACTIVE LAUNCHED
FT11 Interactive, a DBA of FirstTel was born delivering website design, marketing and hosting services in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho - We changed our name to Patriot IT in 2005 and run to the current day under that name.
2006
MIKE SERVES AS GUEST SPEAKER AT GOOGLE
As a result of producing cutting-edge technology under Patriot IT, Mike had the honor of being invited to speak at the Google Corporate Headquarters. Read more about that visit here.
2005-Present
GROWIT MEDIA LLC LAUNCHED
Patriot IT was launched to provide more of an emphasis on web design, video production, branding, and marketing. We are a mobile-first company focused on growing your business through a cohesive digital strategy.
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