Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000

Peter Fritzinger – Verio Inc (vrio)

PETER B. FRITZINGER has served as Chief Financial Officer of Verio since June 1997. From November 1993 until June 1997, Mr. Fritzinger served as Chief Financial Officer of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas Corp., an independent, publicly held oil and gas company headquartered in Oklahoma City. From 1991 to 1993, he was Vice President of Finance and Treasurer of Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp., a diversified, global enterprise with investments in oil and gas reserves and other petroleum-related industries. Mr. Fritzinger joined Louis Dreyfus Energy Corp. from J.P. Morgan, where he was a Vice President in its corporate finance group, and where he provided capital markets, project finance, credit, and merger and acquisition advice to diversified corporations around the world, having held various positions with Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York since 1980. Mr. Fritzinger received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Math and Psychology from Amherst College. Profile
TWST: Please give us a quick history and overview of Verio, just to set

the stage for readers.

Mr. Fritzinger: Verio began operations four years ago by aggregating the

best Internet service