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JUNE 2014
“I guess being somewhat
young and naïve I mortgaged
myself to the eyeballs and de-
cided to strike out on my own.
It really came down to being
more responsive to what the
market was looking for. I felt
like the market wasn’t getting
what it wanted,” says the en-
trepreneur - who was only in
his early 30’s when he started
Stealth - during a recent in-
terview with Business Elite
Canada.
At that time the company
functioned chiefly as a pro-
vider of acoustic services and
emissions control systems.
Now 50 percent of the busi-
ness is made up of electrical
systems: substations, E-Hous-
es, remote instrument build-
ings, electrical buildings, MCC
buildings, switchgear build-
ings, pump stations, power
distribution packages, and
power generations packages,
while 40 percent comprises
mechanical systems such as
pump packages, mechanical
process and piping packages,
and only 10 percent of the
business remains acoustical
and emission control.
Admittedly, it was a big
gamble for Davison at the
start, but it was a risk aided
by years of experience that
would soon pay off.
“I had been in some busi-
