Vernon S. Starks serves as Founder at CPI Technologies, a managed IT and cybersecurity provider in Joplin, MO, leading its work across Managed IT Services, Cybersecurity & Threat Protection, and Cloud Services & Migration.
Vernon S. Starks founded CPI Technologies with his wife, Antonette Starks, in 1963 as a printing company.
Working in the printing industry, the Starkses saw hand-cranked mimeographs and oversized printing presses becoming obsolete and moved into the then-experimental field of office copier sales and service. At the time, the copy process used a liquid method and treated, rolled paper.
Their effort grew into a mainstay in office equipment for the area, and CPI Technologies was incorporated in 1971.