Claudio Ongaro started his working career as a schoolteacher in 1988, at the age of 22, after graduating from the University of Alberta. He taught full time for six years and part time for six years while building his outfitting business. There he taught Communication Technology at the high school level and is well versed in video editing, video recording, photography, digital sound editing, digital image production, and full scale multimedia authoring.

He has been, writing outdoors related articles and, a waterfowl guide and outfitter for over a decade. He outfits for waterfowl in the world famous prairie pothole region in central Eastern Alberta and outfits for Trophy Whitetails and Mule Deer in Alberta's remote Western foothills.

As an avid outdoorsman, Claudio has also competed aggressively as a Walleye tournament angler and holds the 1993 Alberta Top Overall Team of the Year with his wife Linda. Both Linda and Claudio have held field staff status with Shimano since 1990. This competitive nature was spawned early, in the field of cycling, where several Alberta Provincial Championship Medals adorn his wall along with a Bronze National Medal in the Team Pursuit event earned at the Montreal Indoor Track in 1984.

Claudio's personal hunting has taken him from the wind swept cactus strewn prairies to the muddiest, get stuckest swamps of the lowlands and as high as the snow covered peaks of the Rocky Mountains. He has taken several big game species including numerous trophy Whitetails and Mule Deer. The high country has yielded a huge pure white Timber Wolf and a Rocky Mountain Bighorn Ram. Mallards and Canada Geese have also swarmed over many of his decoy spreads, both, while guiding and simply enjoying a waterfowl hunt.

Heading to the West coast has always been a part of Claudio's passion. Northern British Columbia waters have produced several Tyee sized fish including a double header where he and Linda boated a 57 lb and 51 lb Chinook (King) salmon. Claudio became Vice President of Chrono Mfg Ltd in 1991. There he helped develop well-accepted hunting products such as the Goose Chair, Stealth Blind, Deceptor Silhouette Decoys, and the full line of Cro'snest Treestands all still manufactured by Chrono. Ongaro Outdoors, under Claudio's guidance, has recently launched its latest venture the Northern Giants Outdoors Video collection. Unfortunately, not everyone can venture north into Canada, which bursts with trophy class big game, fish and waterfowl. "I wanted to bring all of this outdoor adventure that we enjoy to people that will never otherwise be able to experience it!"

Claudio and, his best friend & wife, Linda have enjoyed a wonderful married life together since 1990.