Meet the Refrigerated Specialist Team:

Marvin graduated from Texas A&M Commerce in 1972 and took a temporary position with a refrigeration service company until he could decide what to do after college. As a result, he never left the trade. Later the company he worked for ran into financial difficulty in late 1977. So Marvin bought the inventory, a worn out service truck and the phone number and founded Refrigerated Specialist in January 1978.

From that meager beginning, Marvin and his team have built an organization that employs over 100 people today. During the late 70’s and all of the 80’s, it was the founding years of casual dining. Marvin was excited to serve that industry. He traveled nationally and internationally installing refrigeration and ice machines for chains such as TGI Fridays and Chili’s during their explosive growth period.

Jean Hester, Marvin’s wife, was an integral part of their success raising their two children, Shelly and David, all while maintaining the house and running the back of the house operations for RSI for many years.  That included answering the phones and sending the calls to Marvin via the latest in technology…a pager. Not a digital pager but a tone only pager which required a call back to get the call. Jean later retired in 2003.

Marvin has dedicated his time to his family and his work family for 45 years. His outside interests include cycling and travel. Additionally, Marvin competed in Texas Mountain Bike Association Racing for five years ending as the over 60 Cat One State Champion in 2009.