Management Bios
ViaWest's Experienced Management Team
At ViaWest, our team is a network of dedicated people who are focused on building a client centric business. At the core of our solid foundation is a management team with a strong background in delivering technology solutions and a long history of creating successful high-tech businesses.
The team has an entrepreneurial spirit that is infused in ViaWest's daily operations — creating an environment dedicated to forming lasting relationships, supporting uncompromised customer service, and providing unsurpassed system's reliability.
Working cohesively since ViaWest began operations in 1999, the senior management team provides an outstanding example of longevity and loyalty — with a synergy that continues to generate a sense of trust and long-term commitment among its employees.
Senior Management Team
Roy Dimoff - Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
Nancy Phillips - Co-founder, Director & COO
Mike Krza - CFO
Carol Rogers - Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Bill Hobstetter - Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Steve Prather - Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations
For more information about the ViaWest management team or any of our Internet solutions, call us at 877-448-9378 or contact us via email at sales@viawest.net.
Roy Dimoff 
ViaWest Co-founder, Chairman & CEO
As a Co-founder, Roy launched ViaWest in 1999. His active leadership, experience, and management ability has guided ViaWest throughout the company’s decade-long journey. With Roy at the helm, the company survived the ‘Dot-bomb’ crash which decimated similar companies, and ViaWest emerged as an industry leader, experiencing continual growth and success.
Roy is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first telecommunications company in Toronto at the age of 26, Dimoff has driven his success through strategic positioning, strong financial administration, and an instinctive ability to select and manage successful mergers and acquisitions.
After establishing and growing his own business, Teleconferencing Systems Canada, Dimoff recognized an opportunity to take the business to new levels. In 1988, he sold his company to Confertech International of Denver, Colorado (now Global Crossing), where he also accepted an executive management position in the services division. In less than five years, Dimoff had established Confertech as the second largest provider of audio and video teleconferencing services in the United States.
In 1995, after a successful tenure with Confertech, Dimoff assumed control of RMI.net — a struggling Internet Service Provider. Using his strong telecommunications and technology background, coupled with his keen business insight, Dimoff quickly established RMI.net as the leading Internet Service Provider in Colorado and effectively completed one of the first Internet IPOs.
With RMI.net in a strong financial state, Dimoff retired from his CEO position in 1997 and began the development of ViaWest. By 1999, Dimoff and the other founders officially launched ViaWest Internet Services, Inc. into the market as a provider of colocation and hosted solutions.
While he remains focused on ViaWest's current strategy and future opportunities, Dimoff's entrepreneurial spirit and achievements continue to be recognized by prominent business leaders. Already holding a number of awards including the Denver Business Journal's "Who's Who in Technology, Telcom and Media," and a finalist for CSIA's "Technology Executive of the Year". Dimoff's latest industry recognition came by winning the 2009 Ernst & Young, "Entrepreneur of the Year Award" for the Rocky Mountain Region.
Dimoff is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, where he earned his Honors Bachelor of Business Administration Degree.
Nancy Phillips 
ViaWest Co-Founder, Director & COO
As co-founder and COO, Nancy Phillips has a vested interest in establishing ViaWest as a leader in the market. Phillips, who has over 15 years of management experience in technology, oversees ViaWest's operations, engineering and technical support divisions.
Previously Vice President of Operations for RMI.net. Phillips was integral in managing the company's network and technical growth. Prior to helping this struggling Internet Service Provider back to profitability, Phillips held another position as Vice President of Operations for ITC Worldwide (now Genesys Conferencing) and was Senior Vice President of Operations for ConferTech International (now Global Crossing).
Phillips has also been a principal, executive and consultant for numerous successful telecommunications companies including France Telecom, MCI and Qwest. Over 15 years ago, she began her career with Teleconferencing Systems Canada as Vice President of Sales and it was in this role that she met Roy Dimoff - the two have been loyal business partners ever since.
In addition to being recognized by ViaWest for her outstanding contributions, Phillips has earned a reputation for excellence throughout the industry. In 2005, the Denver Business Journal named Phillips as "Outstanding Woman in Business" in the high-tech category. She also received the 2004 "Technology Business Woman of the Year" award hosted by the Colorado Software & Internet Association's APEX awards. Phillips was again recognized in 2004 by the Denver Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and the Denver Business Journal, winning the "Outstanding Women in Business Jean Yancey Award." The year 2002 marked the second year in a row in which Phillips was recognized by the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE), as a woman that has raised capital for an entrepreneurial venture.
Nancy serves as a board member for CSIA(Colorado's Technology Organization), and also serves on the board of the National Center for Women & Information Technology(NCWIT).
Phillips holds an Honors Bachelor of Economics from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Michael Krza has been part of the ViaWest management team since 1999. Prior to joining the company, Krza was an Audit Manager with Arthur Andersen, LLP in the firm's Denver branch.
In his role with Andersen, Krza supervised and trained staff accountants, and provided consultation to a number of technology and telecommunications clients on effectively implementing procedural control improvements for financial statement assurance.
Krza received a BS in Business Administration from Colorado State University and is certified as a Public Accountant by the State of Colorado.
Carol Rogers 
ViaWest Senior Vice President and General Counsel
An integral part of the ViaWest management team since 2000, Carol Rogers provides legal counsel on all matters involving contracts, acquisitions, financing and human resources. Rogers has significant experience in the Internet industry and was formerly an attorney at Qwest Communications.
Prior to her role at Qwest, Rogers was an attorney in the business and real estate department at the Denver-based law firm of Sherman & Howard L.L.C.
Rogers received her JD from The Law School at the University of Chicago and a BA in Economics from Lawrence University.
Bill Hobstetter
ViaWest Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
With a wealth of experience in high-level sales, operational management, and team development, Bill heads up ViaWest’s Sales division. Bill joined ViaWest’s Senior Management group in the Fall of 2009, after a brief period assisting the team in a management consulting role.
Prior to joining ViaWest, Bill served as the Executive Vice President & Regional Manager of Old Republic Title Holding Company, Inc , where he oversaw the profitability and growth of all title and escrow operations in the Southern California region. Hobstetter also served as a consultant to the company’s national business units, where he developed business plans for new ventures and consulted with direct operations to perform growth analysis and the development and implementation of business continuation models. Preceding Old Republic, Bill served as the President of Colorado Operations for North American Title Company, which encompassed a regional area of over 250 employees and 21 offices. Prior to that, Mr. Hobstetter was Senior Vice President for the Land Title Guarantee Company, managing various operating units for the firm. Land Title Guarantee Company is where he started his career in the title insurance industry. Previous to Mr. Hobstetter’s fifteen years in the title insurance, he was in the metals distribution business for many years serving in positions from corporate officer, to owner and entrepreneur.
Hobstetter graduated from Westminster College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Business Administration. Hobstetter pursued graduate studies at the University of Missouri and later served as an officer in the United States Army.
Steve Prather 
ViaWest Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations
With more than twelve years of Internet industry experience, Prather leads the ViaWest Sales and Sales Engineering departments in the development and implementation of process controls and procedures. Prather supports product management and acts as the company's chief sales engineer, assisting customers in developing scalable and reliable solutions for their business critical applications and data.
Before joining the ViaWest management network, Prather served as the Manager of Network Services at RMI.net and was the Project Development Manager for VR1, working in conjunction with Microsoft to launch a new Internet gaming application.
Prior to his tenure with VR1, Prather served as the ISP Services Manager for Online Network Enterprises and was the North American Operations Manager for Vitel where he managed six nodes in North America and Canada.
