MONTREAL – Mitchell “Mickey” Olfman, co-founder of cable telecommunications company Electroline Equipment Inc. based in Montreal and considered a “true pioneer and innovator”, has died.
Olfman established Electroline with business partner Bram Appel in 1953 as a provider of external TV antennas to improve television reception. He was Chairman of Electroline’s Board of Directors when he passed away February 26th.
In those 55 years, Electroline has grown and evolved with the technology, and now has 150 employees in offices across North America and Europe.
Electroline’s President and CEO, John Vincent, said “it was Mickey who transformed Electroline from a small local business to an innovative and highly respected player in the international cable TV arena.
“Every Electroline employee lives his legacy each morning when he or she comes to work at the company he built,” Vincent said. “He will be remembered for his soft-spoken and unassuming leadership, his unfailing optimism, and above all, for being the very definition of a gentleman.”
Olfman is survived by Bess (Leve), his wife of 55 years, and his children Lisa (David Wolfe) and Sharna (Daniel Burston).
