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Dave Parker, Founder and President of Pelican™ Products, has been an avid Scuba diver
since age 11 and has dived some of the most exotic spots in the world. Several times during
his years of diving, Dave discovered that something he needed to make a dive complete,
was simply not available. It dawned on him that "...if I need something like this, I'll bet all the
other divers do too!" It was from this thought that in 1976 Pelican™ Products became a reality
and Pelican's first product and patent, the Pelican Float, was that concept. After a normal
days work at his advertising and industrial design business, Dave and his wife, co-founder
Arline, an airline stewardess for TWA, would spend evenings in their garage building floats.
Dave built all of his own equipment and handled the assembly end of the business. Arline
boxed, billed and mailed everything out between her regularly scheduled flights to New York
and back. Their homemade float was sold through mail order ads placed in scuba diving
magazines.
Dave decided that if his company were going to prosper, he needed to
get some help. That help came to him in the form of Jerry Linehan. A
business school graduate from the University of Southern California,
and long time friend of Dave's, Jerry came along four months later to
shore up the financial end of the business. From its inception as a
small garage operation, Pelican has blossomed into an international
marketing and manufacturing firm. Yes, Pelican™ Products has changed a
great deal over the past several years. It is safe to say that it will
continue to change in the upcoming years as well. However, there is one
thing that will not change, that you can continue to count on, and that
is Pelican's Commitment to Excellence!
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