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Marcus Olson
Founder at Pliancy
- Tech
- Executive
- 📍Austin, TX
Marcus Olson is the CEO and founder of Pliancy, a technology-enabled professional services company that helps growing startups scale their corporate IT.
Marcus worked at several startups and realized that smaller companies lacked access to technology that could help them collaborate better, work faster, and communicate more effectively. He knew growth-stage companies could accelerate their missions and create meaningful change—with the right tools and the help of passionate technologists.
Since launching 5 years ago, Pliancy has bootstrapped its way to $36 million in annual revenue and has over 125 employees in 7 offices across the U.S. Pliancy cultivates deep relationships based on trust, not transactions, and strives to put the human element back into IT. With a rare balance of technical knowledge, visionary ambition, and radical empathy, Marcus Olson is leading the charge into a new chapter where technologists are regarded as enablers of human potential.
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Born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, Marcus discovered his love of technology by disassembling and reassembling computers salvaged from a shuttered Black and Decker office. He taught himself the programming language BASIC so he could create his own simple text-based games, then graduated to building RPGs for the Ti84 calculator to distribute to classmates.
BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Marcus Olson
Founder at Pliancy
- 📍Austin, TX
- Tech
- Executive
Marcus Olson is the CEO and founder of Pliancy, a technology-enabled professional services company that helps growing startups scale their corporate IT.
Marcus worked at several startups and realized that smaller companies lacked access to technology that could help them collaborate better, work faster, and communicate more effectively. He knew growth-stage companies could accelerate their missions and create meaningful change—with the right tools and the help of passionate technologists.
Since launching 5 years ago, Pliancy has bootstrapped its way to $36 million in annual revenue and has over 125 employees in 7 offices across the U.S. Pliancy cultivates deep relationships based on trust, not transactions, and strives to put the human element back into IT. With a rare balance of technical knowledge, visionary ambition, and radical empathy, Marcus Olson is leading the charge into a new chapter where technologists are regarded as enablers of human potential.
read more
LET'S TALK ABOUT:
- Corporate IT
- Engineering
- Technology
- Start-ups
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Born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, Marcus discovered his love of technology by disassembling and reassembling computers salvaged from a shuttered Black and Decker office. He taught himself the programming language BASIC so he could create his own simple text-based games, then graduated to building RPGs for the Ti84 calculator to distribute to classmates.
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“It’s easy to craft a narrative when you already know the ending. With every piece in front of you, you can mold events into clean story arcs and tie them off with tidy bows. In contrast, we’re a work in progress.”
Timeline
Jun 2016 - Present
Pliancy
Founder
Jun 2008 - Jun 2016
TSG.io
Co-Founder
Jan 2004 - Sep 2006
Fanball.com
Sr. Systems Administrator
Jun 2000 - Mar 2002
US Internet Corp
Technical Support Lead