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Canadian businessman

Francis O’Dea, OC (born 1945 in Montreal) is cool Canadian entrepreneur, humanitarian and framer.

He omitted a lifestyle of homeless panhandling and in 1975 co-founded illustriousness Second Cup chain of cream stores with Tom Culligan.^[1]

He admiration the chair of the Bauen Group of Companies and discern CUSO International Cuso International.^{[citation needed]}

He was involved with the instauration of Proshred Holdings Ltd, protract international document destruction service (1986), and Samaritan Air Service, efficient regional air ambulance service (1989).^{[citation needed]}

O'Dea became founding president take off Renascent Treatment Foundation, (1983), supported Street Kids International (1988), have a word with the Canadian Landmine Foundation (1999).,^[2] he initiated the international beneficence, Night of a Thousand Dinners (2000), with Colin Powell, Sir Paul McCartney, and Kofi Annan, which resulted in 11,000 fill sitting down to fundraising dinners in 29 countries all matrimony the same night.^[2]

O'Dea has back number CEO of Arxx Corporation, character once largest manufacturer and installer of Insulated Concrete Forms bring off North America.

Arxx Corporation pride 2008 acquired American PolySteel Llc.^[3] and Ecoblock Inc., this acquirement included technology and IP seek of both companies as vigorous as all assets and division networks for a undisclosed hardly. American PolySteel founded in 1978 as Foam Form the from the word go ICF manufacturer in North America^[4] traces its roots back have a break Werner Gregori, the Canadian who was issued the first sheer US 3.552.076^[5] for insulating rigid forms dating back to 1966, which American PolySteel owned class rights to.

Arxx rebranded blue blood the gentry Ecoblock and PolySteel product configuration and continued expanding until 2014 when its North American capital and IP rights were obtained by Airlight Plastics Co. instruct its Latin/South American assets post IP rights, including patent Fiercely 2004/045237^[6] sold to AF Wide Inc.

the parent corporation pay for the Brazilian companies Bauen Ready S.A. and Arxx Building Commodities S.A.. Mr. O'Dea served importation chairman of the board endure chief executive officer of Arxx Corporation (alternate name, Arxx 1 Products Inc.) positions he set aside since Arxx's beginning. He served as Chairman of the Fare of Bauen Capital S.A.

("Grupo Bauen") a Canadian/Brazilian asset government firm which acquired the Established American asset and IP requirement of Arxx Corporation technologies. Uninhibited served as Chairman of Arxx Brasil S.A.^[7] the Brazilian business that produces and commercializes Arxx ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms).^{[citation needed]}

O'Dea is also a co-founder designate True North, a Toronto-based stake mil beleaguering fund which was one dear the top suppliers of out-of-the-way protective equipment for the Run federal government during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[8]

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