Founders/Leadership
The founders and leaders of each location have many years of experience in the networking field, process and protocol.
If you have questions, don’t hesitate to ask any of the founders/leaders of No. 9.
Rodney Shrum
Founder of No. 9 Networking
Owner of Advanced Payment Services
You’re now a superhero with an unlikely power. Is it the ability to shoot meatballs out of your nostrils, or the power to create force fields but only around ants?
Obviously shoot meatballs out my nostrils. I could feed a lot of homeless people.
What is the worst thing that a person can put on their bio on a dating app?
If you live within 1000 ft of a school, we can’t meet.
What’s the worst tag line you can think of for a brand that sells wart removal cream?
If you could change what falls from the sky every time it rains, what would it be and why? Note: it can’t be anything of significant value.
Scott Nyberg
Founder of No. 9 Networking
Owner of Fusion Media Marketing and Pudgy Udder Ice Cream Co.
What is the worst thing that a person can put on their bio on a dating app?
I collect knives, I love moist things and I live in a van down by the river.
Would you rather own a horse the size of a cat or a cat the size of a mouse?
Cat the size of a mouse. Don’t asked me why…I gave Rodney one job and he came up with these questions. 😐
Brushing your teeth or wiping your butt – you must give one up. Which one would it be and why?
Brushing my teeth…I’ve only had 5 cavities in my life…I could handle it.
What’s the worst tag line you can think of for a brand that sells wart removal cream?
Be Less Ugly and be more snuggly. Freeze that wart!
Anna Alt
Leader of Friday O’Fallon No. 9 Networking Meeting
Co-owner of LSL Finishes, Glass Systems Inc., The Organized Garage
Would you rather have a disease that makes you say every thought that ever crosses your mind, or a disease that makes you react very inappropriately to all the interactions that happen to you and around you?
I already have the disease that makes me say every thought that crosses my mind.
If your pet could talk, what’s one thing they could say that would completely ruin your image?
I pick my nose.
You’ve been alone on a desert island for nearly a decade and you’re finally brought back to civilization. You’re handed the keys to the presidential suite in a 5-star hotel. What do you do first – use the bathroom or sleep in the king-sized bed?
I would take a bath first and then Sleep in a king sized bed because the sheets would feel so amazing.
If you could change what falls from the sky every time it rains, what would it be and why? Note: it can’t be anything of significant value.
Meatballs
Craig Postol
Leader of Wednesday Chesterfield No. 9 Networking Meeting
Owner of The Treat Box Guy
If you could replace all the grass in the world with something else, what would it be and why?
Cheese sauce…so I can always have nachos.
Brushing your teeth or wiping your butt – you must give one up. Which one would it be and why?
Wiping my butt, cause I could just use a hose or bidet to do it
What is the worst thing that a person can put on their bio on a dating app?
Favorite movie: Silence of the Lambs, Favorite Character in a movie: Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs…looking for someone a little bigger than me with loose skin.
What’s something that doesn’t really smell great, but you keep wanting to smell it anyway?
GASOLINE
Nancy Ortinau
Leader of Thursday Cottleville No. 9 Networking Meeting
Owner of Inspirations by Nancy
If you were put in charge of creating a brand-new global holiday, what would you name it and how would it be celebrated? What time of year would it be held?
I would make it a “Lazy Day” celebrated in the middle of winter (January). Absolutely no work or work conversations.
A witch has cast a spell on you turning you into an inanimate, non-electronic object for a year. To be changed back into human form before the year is up, you need to be able to get at least a hundred people to touch you. What inanimate object would you be?
The Witches Spell turned me into a piano. No one can walk past a piano without touching the keys.
If you could change your name at this very moment, but it couldn’t contain any of the odd numbered letters in the alphabet, what name would you choose?
My name would be Phlx meaning flower.
If animals could talk, which species would be the rudest of them all?
If geese could talk they would be saying more than just chasing you around.
Dave Petersen
Leader of Tuesday St. Peters No. 9 Networking Meeting
Owner of Dave Petersen Multiple Choice Insurance
If you could merge two different animals to create the ultimate animal, what two animals would it be and what would be their product?
A Pog, dog and parrot mix. We can finally teach our dogs to talk to us!
A witch has cast a spell on you turning you into an inanimate, non-electronic object for a year. To be changed back into human form before the year is up, you need to be able to get at least a hundred people to touch you. What inanimate object would you be?
Easy, turn me into a thermostat in a house with a married couple with kids. I’ll be back to human form before the day is up.
You can make one of your body parts detachable without any negative repercussions. What body part would it be and why?
My hand. I would just walk around asking people if I could lend them a hand and then literally give them my hand. What a great conversation starter!
If your pet could talk, what’s one thing they could say that would completely ruin your image?
“You have small calves” Thanks buddy