KRUSE ASSET MANAGEMENT TEAM

John A. Aguillard
Vice President, Marketing & Advertising
Kruse Asset Management, Inc.
President, Wisdom Marketing Group

As President of Wisdom Marketing Group (WMG), John is responsible for all marketing, advertising and worldwide web activities for Kruse Asset Management, Inc. A 20-year veteran of San Antonio advertising agencies and graphic design studios, John has assembled and manages an award-winning creative and media team. WMG handles all public relations, media planning and placement, direct marketing (print and electronic), radio, television, outdoor and Internet activities for Kruse Asset Management, its many divisions and additionally other clients throughout the region.

WMG provides Kruse and their many customers with state-of-the-art advertising services that are designed to communicate to extremely diverse market segments internationally. Also critical is the cost effective means in which WMG can create and implement advertising programs to the respective trades and industries.

A graduate of St. Mary's University in San Antonio, John is actively involved in the American Advertising Federation (AAF). John is a member of the AAF's National ADDY Standardization committee. He also served as Chairman of the Board and President of the American Advertising Federation/San Antonio and a member of the board of directors of the 10th District American Advertising Federation. He has participated in and served as chairman of almost every committee at both the local and district levels of the AAF.

In 1992, John was honored by the American Advertising Federation/San Antonio as the recipient of its Silver Medal Award, an award for lifetime achievement in the advertising community and, in 1998, he received the Sterling Service Award for the same achievement in the five-state 10th District AAF. He is currently First Lieutenant Governor of the 10th District AAF and will be Governor in 2005.

Ted Brocker
Brokerage, Acquisition and Development
Kruse Asset Management, Inc.

Ted Brocker has had 20 years experience in the commercial banking industry. His experience includes both retail banking, commercial real estate lending, residential lending and secondary marketing. During his banking career, he was responsible for several hundred million in commercial and residential loans. Additionally, he sold over $4 billion dollars of commercial and residential loans in the national secondary market.

At Kruse, Ted assists in brokerage, acquisition and development of real estate. He also assists with all lending activities related to real estate acquisition and development. With his extensive background, Ted will be a valuable asset to Kruse and to its asset lender customer base.


Ron Browne
Sr. Account Executive
Kruse Asset Management, Inc.

Ron Browne is a 1978 graduate of Northwest Missouri State University where he earned a degree in Finance. In 1979, Ron attended and graduated from the Missouri Auction School and is a member of the National Auctioneers Association. Ron has been a licensed automobile dealer since 1978. He has spent the last several years with a major Wall Street firm. Ron is an avid pilot and enjoys the outdoors and collecting classic cars.



Tedra Kruse
Account Executive
Kruse Asset Management, Inc.

Tedra is the middle daughter of Daniel Kruse, founder of the auction company. She has been raised in the auction business and attended Clarion University. While at Clarion, she was a five-time All-American NCAA swimmer. Tedra also assisted in the first-ever live eBay convention held recently in Anaheim, CA, and helped coordinate with the Walt Disney representatives on items sold at this first "Live" auction.

Tedra is extremely proficient as a Lister and now manages the eBay listing facility at Kruse for all of its customers.




Janet De La O-Belz
Senior Cashier
Kruse Asset Management, Inc.

Janet De La O-Belz has one of the longest tenures of any Kruse Asset Management employee, joining Kruse in 1988. After 15 years of dealing with Kruse's customers, no one understands their needs better than Janet.

Janet has served a wide variety of functions for Kruse and has been head cashier since 1994. She is responsible for collecting funds at all auctions and for disbursing consignor payments and balancing funds after each consigned sale.