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San Antonio Construction News • Jun 2015
Jumping from roof to rod
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A prescription to thrive
1st Heavy Trout: Mingo Lee
he Roofing Contractors Association of Texas (RCAT) held its 12th annual Fishing Tournament May 2 at Woody’s Sports Center in Port Aransas. Hosting a record number of entrants, this was RCAT’s largest tournament to date with 44 guided boats and seven individual boats. –mh Winners: Guided Division Heaviest Total Stringer 1st: Restoration Services (Houston) – Don Wisnoski, Gary Hayes, John Randall (34.54 lbs.) 2nd: Armored Roofing and RK Hydro-Vac (Wichita Falls) – Richard Koetter, Albert Martinez, Skyler Martinez (30.94 lbs.) 3rd: ABC Supply (Stafford) and Joe Ochoa Roofs & Even More – Shannon Galloway, David Hernandez, Robert Garza, Larry Showalter (30.62 lbs.) Heaviest Trout 1st: Mingo Lee, Mule-Hide (Houston) (7.86 lbs.) 2nd: Richard Koetter, Armored Roofing (4.02 lbs.) 3rd: Marshall Powell, Mule-Hide (3.54 lbs.) Heaviest Redfish 1st: Don Wisnoski, Restoration Services (7.66 lbs.)
L-R: Joan, Mark and Nathan Rizzo are celebrating the 20th anniversary of RX Technology.
S 1st Heavy Stringer: Don Wisnoski and Chris Crutcher, RCAT president
2nd: Ted Durrett, Final Touch Roofing (Rosenberg) (7.22 lbs.) 3rd: Richard Koetter, Armored Roofing (6.86 lbs.) Spot Pot: Shannon Galloway, ABC Stafford (8 spots) Individual Division Heaviest Total Stringer 1st: Rain King (Victoria) – Alan Cain, Clint Cain, Jerrod Cain, Brian Boyd (14.88 lbs.) Heaviest Trout 1st: Donald Belcher, Roofing Supply Group (San Antonio) (4.66 lbs.) Heaviest Redfish 1st: Alan Cain, Rain King (3.48 lbs.)
tarting out as an IT company, RX Technology evolved to become a low-voltage contractor, and diversifying helped RX survive the dot com bust and the economic downturn to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In 2000, Mark Rizzo, vice president, started the company, coming from the sales side of the computer industry, with his wife Joan Rizzo, president, who was on the business side of social work. So, Joan runs the business and finances, while Mark works with the customers and does sales. Their customers asked them to expand into other areas of service from repairing computers to selling them, and in 1996, one of their clients, St. Matthew’s, asked them to install wire and cable for the school. That cable is still functioning well today, and RX now does low-voltage for schools, local, state and federal, as well as a large hotel in Austin. With their low-voltage service en-
compassing cable for voice, video and data, they are also a licensed security company providing camera systems, access control and fire and burglar alarm systems. Diversifying into these areas of technology construction helped RX survive times when many of their competitors were shutting their doors. Today, Mark estimates that low-voltage contracting accounts for 70 percent of their business. Outside of work, Mark and Joan spend a lot of time with their four children. Their son, Nathan Rizzo, who is 30, came into the business six years ago. Today, he manages the IT department, though Mark emphasizes that they have no titles in the office because everyone pitches in. Nathan earned his MBA from the University of Dallas, and Mark credits him with modernizing the company, redoing the website and building relationships with contractors. –mh