 Chairman and CEO of Fleck Manufacturing Inc., a company he founded in 1954, manufacturer of wire and cable, power cords and wiring assemblies for the appliance, automotive and electronic industries with plants in Canada, Mexico and the US, until it was acquired by Noma Industries Limited in August 1994.Director and executive committee member of CUC Ltd., a private cable TV company, until it was acquired by Shaw Cable in May 1995.He was also chairman of Alias Research Inc., 3D computer graphics software company, until it was acquired by Silicon Graphics Inc. in June 1995.