VITAL STATISTICS
Age: Maxfield, 56; Strong, 50.Where born: Maxfield, Provo; Strong, Salt Lake City.
Family: Maxfield, wife, Karen, children, Karrie, Richard, Dale, Julie, Trisha; Strong, wife, Marian, sons, Ray, Jason, Derek, Troy; daughter, Allison
Education: Maxfield, graduated from the school of hard knocks somewhere between 1965 and 1985; Strong, Salt Lake Community College, University of Utah, Technical Engineering Institute.
Primary products: Fire sprinkling systems, fire extinguishers, hood suppression systems.
Primary markets: Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming.
Number of employees: 25.
Annual sales: $2 million
PERSONALITY PROFILE
First "real" job: Maxfield, paperboy for the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune on Sunday; Strong, busboy in basement restaurant at Auerbach's.
Management style: Maxfield, changing to accommodate personal experience and the current work force; Strong, no response.
Strategy for success: Maxfield, surround yourself with good people and work. Create a good atmosphere and work. Be fair. Strong, find people who want to work and teach them the trade.
A memorable failure: Maxfield, failed in the hardwood floor business because carpeting became the craze; Strong, no response.
Heroes: Maxfield, Gordon B. Hinckley, Ronald Reagan, Dave Dawn and a grade-school teacher; Strong, Keith Tollstrup, a drafting teacher at West High School.
Leisure time and hobbies: Maxfield, family, golf; Strong, softball, rebuilding bug eye Sprits British sports cars.
Favorite book and movie: Maxfield, has not been written or made; Strong, no response.