When Opportunity Knocked, He Answered

That school was Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology (Stevens Tech) in nearby Lancaster, Pa. In 1985 Leake graduated with an associate's degree in printing technology.

Degree in hand, he took a counter job at a quick copy center, Printer's Place, which had six locations in the city. Leake was minding his own business, making copies in early 1986, when opportunity walked into his store in the form of a headhunter.