The Team

The ideals of the Fireside Group have been forged and refined by members of the Kearns family of Missouri, as they have lived and worked together before their own family fireside. The Kearns family credits its success to these "fireside" values: family, hard work, perseverance, and excellence. The relationships with their partners who work in the Fireside Group companies are the foundation of Fireside's success.

Richard Kearns

  • 2000-Present The Delivery Network, Inc., Chairman.
  • 1985-2000  The Delivery Network, Inc., President and CEO.
  • 1964-1985  Employed by Fox family companies.

Tom Kearns

  • 1987-Present   President of other manufacturing interests as they were acquired/started.
  • 1984-1987   Harbour Group.

Brian Kearns
E-mail: BKearns123@aol.com

  • 2000-Present   The Delivery Network, Inc., President.
  • 1997-Present   Sportsplay Equipment Inc., President.
  • 1996-1997   J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Masters of Management - Concentrations in Marketing and Operations
  • 1993      Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. B.S. Economics - Concentrations in Finance and International Business, Joseph Wharton Scholar

Keith Panchot
E-mail: KPanchot@sportsplayinc.com

  • 1996-Present   Sportsplay Equipment, Inc., Vice President -- Finance
  • 1995-1996   J.K. Pulley Co., Capen Industrial Products, Ancel Products, Comptroller
  • 1992-1995   CPI Corp., Financial Analyst
  • 1991   University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S. Accounting

Leland Biles
E-mail: LBiles@firesidegroup.com

  • February 2000 - Present Fireside Group Inc., Vice President - Manufacturing
  • 1978 - 2000 Various plant manager positions. Experience with metal fabrication, roll forming, roller coating, electrostatic powder, safety and environmental issues, quality issues, warehousing, production inventory control, ISO 9000, QS 9000, robotic welding, production scheduling.
  • 1964 - 1978 Owner of retail business. Active in city government and community/industrial development. University of Missouri - Rolla. McDonnell-Douglas Engineering Test Labs