STL Leaders Podcast

Charles is a hands-on acquisition entrepreneur and current President & CEO at Ethos Preparedness. Ethos Preparedness was founded through Charles’ entrepreneurial pursuit to acquire a small business to operate. With experience in management consulting, investing, and military leadership, he launched an initiative to create value in a space where he could provide visionary direction.

Charles is a seasoned leader with a track record of attacking complex problems and guiding cross-functional teams in diverse business and military environments. He is a former Captain in the U.S. Army, West Point graduate, and Chicago Booth MBA. https://www.ethospreparedness.com/ 

Todd Sivia, Attorney and Owner of Sivia Law, graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Business from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and later graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law. Sivia is licensed to practice law in Illinois and Missouri.

In 2006, Todd Sivia started Sivia Business & Legal Services, P.C. Today, Sivia represents over three hundred small to medium size companies through the corporate life cycle of business. He also provides assistance in areas of estate planning, special needs and real estate. Since its formation, Sivia Law has grown to house nine attorneys, three paralegals and a marketing department. Sivia Law also has four locations throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan Area. The Sivia Law team strives to be clients’ trusted legal advisors.

Daryel Buesking, is a Father, Husband, Barber & Entrepreneur. Daryel grew up in Maryville, IL before moving to Edwardsville, IL where he started Daryel's Hair Care. Daryel is a graduate from Collinsville High School & Belleville Barber College. Listen as we talk to Daryel about what 50 years in business as a barber has meant to him and the life lessons he has learned along the way. 

Born at Misawa AFB in Japan, Bo Matthews is a proud Air Force brat. The desire to live close to His father who was stationed at Scott AFB is what brought Bo Matthews to St. Louis in 1988. His roots quickly grew and St Louis became his home. You may know him from his many years playing Country Music on WIL. Early on Bo found out what it was like to really be a part of the community. Perhaps you rode along side him on one of his charitable motorcycle rides, filled sandbags with him during floods, or helped him feed families and provide children with gifts for the holidays. All of which are Bo’s passion. Bo and his wife Erica have been together since 2000 and live in an earth home, yes Bo mows his roof! You can now find Bo on KMOX Radio. 

Matthew Porter is a husband, father, geek, ultramarathoner, entrepreneur, and Multiple Sclerosis warrior. He is former CEO of Contegix, a cloud computing company he founded and is now Vice Chairman. He is also currently CEO of Invisibly, where the team is working to restore privacy and consent online for people. When not with his family, he can be found getting lost on some trail or running 100 mile races through mountains.

Frank Hannan is the CEO of Laser Light Technologies, a fortune 500 resource company headquartered in small town Herman, MO. Frank is a long time resident of St. Louis, MO and a University of Missouri graduate. 

Suzie Andrews, President/CEO,  brings over 30 years of sales, sales management and leadership experience to her clients at St. Louis based Sandler Training® licensee, Stark and Associates, Inc. Suzie spent 11 years as an associate with Stark and in May of 2014 she realized her dream to own the business.  She works with Presidents, CEOs, and business owners assisting them with the overall development and improvement of their sales organizations utilizing her personal experience and the “best practice” tools and Sandler processes.

Cheryl Lauer is a dynamic leader with a track record of implementing systems and processes that produce quantifiable and sustainable results. She gained experience at Price Waterhouse, before buying her first company in 1991. Cherly transformed a failing business and grew it six-fold by cultivating a smart and healthy team that has consistently produced results for 27 years. She devoted ten years as a servant leader with the Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), serving in a variety of roles at the local and regional level for this international, non-profit organization. She is currently the CEO of L10 Performance Solutions where she consults businesses on performance. 

Kenny Wallace is an American race car driver and former reporter for Fox NASCAR. He retired from NASCAR in 2015 after driving in the national series since 1988. In a career spanning twenty-five years in NASCAR, Wallace had nine wins, all occurring in the Xfinity Series. Kenny was the 1989 Rookie of the year for NASCAR Busch Series and was NASCARs Most Popular Driver for the Busch Series in 1991, 1994, and 2006. Now retired from NASCAR competition, he continues to race on local dirt tracks across the country as a hobby and lives here in St. Louis MO.

Kalin Boodman is the Chief Logistics Officer & Co- Founder of Baseballism. Baseballism is the official off the field brand of baseball. Baseballism has 11 retail stores and a E-Commerce site www.baseballism.com