Management
Brian Mathews is CEO of River City Internet Group. He was first CEO of Primary Network from its founding in 1995 until it was sold to MPower Communications in 2000. Brian is also an owner and director of CDM Fantasy Sports, CDM Properties, a real estate venture. In 1997, he was recognized by the St. Louis Business Journal as one of the publication's "40" Under "40" business persons. In 1999, Brian and Primary Network received the award as #1 Fastest Growing Technology Company in St. Louis and was named #22 on Deloitte & Touche's Nationwide Fast 500. In 2000, he was recognized as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by the St. Louis Business Journal and "100 Business People Leading Us Into the New Millennium" by Deloitte & Touche. Brian has a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Peter Esparrago has over 20 years of global information technology experience in various industries, including the communications vertical. Peter is also President & CEO for IntraISP, a billing and business management software-as-a-service company for communications service providers. Peter spent 16 years at Accenture where he was a Partner. His responsibilities at Accenture included selling/managing numerous global CRM/ERP/e-commerce/outsourcing engagements, starting up on-shore and off-shore solution centers, and Software-as-a-Service thought leader. Peter also was the COO for Ariel Research, a global leader in EH&S content, software, and outsourcing. As COO, he helped grow and sell the company. He is a member of St. Louis Arch Angels, an angel investing group. Peter has an MBA in Finance from Rockhurst College and a BS in Chemical Engineering from University of Missouri-Columbia.
Steve Szachta is Chief Operating Officer of Hostirian. Steve brings years of enterprise Web hosting experience to River City Internet Group, and has been with Hostirian since its inception in 2001 and led its growth into profitability. He previously served as a Web Hosting Regional Subject Matter Expert (RSME) for PSINet. He served as the Director of Web Hosting for Primary Network from 1997 through 1999. Steve also taught high school Computer Programming for 23 years. Steve received his undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University and attended graduate school at Liberty University.
Ken Cox is VP of Operations for
Hostirian. Ken brings 10 years of Web Hosting/IT experience to Hostirian. Ken joined the Primary Network team in 1999 and currently heads the Operations of Hostirain.com. In addition to Hostirian Ken is the founder and President of Cox, Davis and Simpson LLC, CD&S has a portfolio of Internet real estate focusing on community based websites such as
www.Litup.com.