Claude Gagnon: the all-terrain engineer

Claude Gagnon leads a team working to improve snowmobiles, watercraft, and all-terrain vehicles for Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. He works for Company Facilities in Valcourt, Que., Canada, and Palm Say, Fla. He gets to test one-of-a-kind prototype vehicles; goes with co-workers on long rides on trails, lakes, and rivers in Canada and the United States; travels to watch snowmobile and ATV races and brings new vehicles home to ride with his kids.