Prior to founding Quad-C in 1989, Terry served as a Vice Chairman and Director of W.R. Grace & Co. He led the restructuring of W.R. Grace in the mid-1980s, negotiating over $4 billion of acquisitions and divestitures, and had operating responsibility for Grace’s Specialty Chemical, Health Care, Retail and Restaurant, Natural Resource and Corporate Technical Groups. He also served as Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Western Publishing and as Senior Vice President for corporate development of Mattel.