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Cindi Walters is the founder and president of Chapman Walters Intercoastal Corporation (CWIC), a corporation which develops and manufactures diving, snorkeling and recreational aquatics equipment. She took over bankrupt Sea Pro, a California-based water sports equipment manufacturer, then broke off to develop Cal Pacific Manufacturing, a scuba equipment manufacturer. Walters served on the Diving Equipment and Marketing Association's (DEMA) Board of Directors from 1989 to 1998 and became the board's first female president from 1994-1995. In 1996, Walters founded CWIC. The company became a licensee of the water sports brand Body Glove and a licensee of Disney. CWIC also develops products under its own brand name, Fluid Water Sports. Walters formed a charity, Aqua Angels, which, according to its website, provides "swim lessons, hydro therapy, and water safety instruction to special needs" children, which was founded in Orange County, but moved to the East Bay of San Francisco.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Aqua Angels )〕 Cindi Walters grew up in the water-sports industry. Learning the ropes with the family business, SeaPro, she then guided her own company, Cal Pacific Manufacturing, an OEM supplier to scuba clients, in the manufacture of diving gear. She swiftly became a jack-of-all-trades who could actually create new innovative products in the highly technical industry of scuba equipment. Walters is an old-fashioned entrepreneur in that she understands her business from the ground up. She conceives, designs and manufactures original product, devises the marketing and oversees delivery. From the beginning, she pioneered innovative gear, including designs for the female form, children’s products, and even high-end advanced technical diving equipment. In 1996, Walters founded C. Walters Intercoastal Corp (CWIC), which created specifically designed diving, snorkeling, and recreational swim gear for men, women, and children, and effectively changed water sports from a small specialty category to a mass-market phenomenon in every arena she entered. ==Early life== Cindi Walters’ story is all the more remarkable for the disadvantages and lack of support in her youth. With no birthright in the industry, Walters’ hardships began as her parents divorced when she was six, then becoming a surrogate parent to her brother. Her father was entirely absent and her mother worked and went to school. Shortly thereafter, Walters’ mother remarried and had another child, to which Walters also became caregiver. Mother and father to herself and two siblings, Walters developed quickly into a creative thinker and problem solver. Adult responsibilities molded Walters form at an early age, yet she was unable to pursue a conventional career as so many do. Without money for college, she instead married at 17 and began her family quickly, having three children at a very young age. After only six months into her marriage, her skills for turning adversity into opportunity kicked into high gear. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cindi Walters」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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