In 1984 I formed Encom Marketing Inc and was awarded a contract to market and sell Corcan Products to government and public sector institutions in Eastern and Northern Ontario.Corcan is an agency under Corrections Canada that is structured to give basic job skills and work habits to offenders in settings as close to private sector shops as possible. Corcan is national in scope and at any given time employs about 1800 inmates and 360 staff in 32 institutions across Canada. It manufactures a variety of products such as Office furniture and seating as well as custom made products for the military (lockers, barracks furniture). Subsequently I won three-year and five-year contracts by public tender through Encom Marketing.Encom Marketing increased Corcan sales under it's contract from less than $250,000 in 1984 to over $3,300,000 by 2002