DVA, Inc.

Brad started his career at DVA, Inc. in 1991. He learned the business from the bottom up, working in the warehouse, sales and marketing, accounting and purchasing divisions to get a hands-on understanding of each department. His proven business acumen and consistent success in each area of business led to his rise within the company. He was promoted to the executive divisions and eventually took the helm of DVA. In 2006, Brad and his brother Ryan, who serves as President of DVA, purchased the company from their father and are Co-Owners.

Brad's foresight and expertise were critical in the successful launch of DVA's websites, www.dvacloseouts.com, www.dva.com, www.closeoutvideo.com and www.dvaspecial.com. He was also responsible for the establishment in 2003 of a new Special Markets Division to service niche clients. Brad and Ryan Kugler built DVA, Inc. up to over $20 million in revenue annually, with offices in Palm Harbor, Florida and Los Angeles, California.

Most recently, DVA, Inc. has been an honoree on the INC 5000, Gulf Coast 500 Largest Businesses, Tampa Bay 200 Largest Businesses, and Tampa Bay 50 List of Fastest Growing Businesses in the area, to name just a few.

Brad serves as the Chairman of the Career Education Board of the Pinellas Education Foundation, working closely with educators and administrators to enhance and improve educational opportunities in Pinellas County. He also serves as a Board member of St. Petersburg's Sunscreen Film Festival, lending his experience and relationships in the film industry to support the Tampa Bay cultural landscape. Brad is an avid photographer and travels the globe as official photographer for many local charities and non-profit organizations.

Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Los Angeles shortly thereafter. Right from the start, Ryan took a strong interest in film and everything surrounding film. At the age of 13, Ryan made his way onto several studio lots, including Paramount. On one particular day, Ryan stumbled onto the set of the hit TV show, Cheers, and was immediately introduced to the cast. When asked by Ted Danson about his interest in TV and films, Ryan replied, "I want to be a Director." It was then that Mr. Danson made him an offer too good to pass up.

Ryan was to write and direct his own short-movie in which Mr. Danson and other cast members of Cheers would act in Ryan's film. Several months later, The Question (a short film) was shot on the Paramount Lot, starring Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson and George Wendt, and directed by Ryan Kugler.

Ryan was attending boarding school in Oregon, and during his summer breaks, he began working for DVA. Upon finishing school, he moved to Florida to work full-time in sales at DVA. He quickly learned the ropes and he moved up to Buyer, soon followed by VP of Purchasing. With his unique blend of creative and operational strengths as well as his exceptional skills in sales, Ryan founded the Closeout Division of DVA. In 1998, Ryan brought the Closeout Division to Los Angeles. Since then, he has developed relationships with the major movie studios and mass merchants, buying their excess inventory and selling it to 350 accounts with 24,000 storefronts. DVA has since become one of the nation's largest closeout buyers — selling to the largest retailers across the United States.

With an account base of over 350 major companies, including Best Buy, Target, Musicland and Circuit City, Ryan has built and grown the Closeout Division to 30 employees, selling 20 million units per year, generating over $20 million in annual sales.

As Ryan deals largely in working with major studios on home entertainment closeout, he has become a public face for the entertainment closeout/overstock industry. Ryan has recently appeared both on National TV and in print. He has appeared on the CBS Early Show, ABC7 News in Los Angeles, and on the KTLA Prime Time News (a local station in Los Angeles, California). Also, Ryan has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Business Journal, Moviemaker Magazine, and the New York Times.

Ryan has given his voice and vast knowledge of the entertainment industry to conferences and seminars. Recently, Ryan spoke to attendees at the Game Supply Academy as well as attendees of an entertainment-related breakfast seminar, sponsored by Washington Mutual. In addition to speaking at seminars and conferences, Ryan also hosts film seminars which provide practical and applicable advice for filmmakers, actors, producers and anyone who wants to succeed in the movie industry.

Ryan is the co-author of a book with well-known, best-selling author, Eric Sherman, which details the Home Video Business. The book gives readers access to Ryan's vast experience and knowledge of this growing industry.

Arthur was a successful manager in the corporate barter industry for closeouts in a wide variety of categories for 20 years prior to joining the DVA team. His past and present areas of purchasing and sales include consumer electronics and textiles all the way to used diesel engines and environmentally contaminated real estate.

In early 2003, Christina Butler started her journey at DVA as a Warehouse Clerk in our Florida warehouse. In her 7 years at DVA she has moved up in the company (and across the country) to her current position as our Distribution Coordinator. Christina oversees all orders that go through the Los Angeles offices and helps to ensure that all customers are satisfied with their orders. Christina also handles all shipments that go through many of our satellite warehouses across the country.

Since late 2005, Deanna has been the Marketing Manager for DVA West. Her responsibilities consist of producing all marketing items – sales sheets, direct mail postcards, email marketing campaigns, web sites and more. She came to DVA with a background in Graphic Design and a Bachelor of Science in Applied Art & Sciences with a concentration in Graphic Design.

John joined DVA in 2003 after a long career as a National Sales Manager in the building products industry. He formed the Special Markets Department (later changed to Wholesale) to serve smaller retailers and Internet resellers. In addition, he is responsible for Internet and Library Departments and participates in buying decisions.

Hailing from Long Island, New York, Elise has been at the forefront of the buying profession for over 15 years. From her start as a buyer for a well-known party supply and specialty item chain store in New York to her current expertise in the video and DVD field, she is a consummate professional who takes great pride in her work.

Elise moved from New York to Florida in order to be close to her children and young grandchildren. Her passion for buying and her natural enthusiasm make her a perfect match for DVA. "I love what I do," said Elise recently from DVA's administrative offices in Florida. "I will not rest until I meet each and every one of our customers' needs, and I love working with the DVA team." In fact, because of Elise's commitment and dedication, DVA now buys direct from nearly 100 vendors and continues to add new vendors all the time.

In January of 2002, Joe Dzija came to DVA from Chicago with 10 years of warehousing experience. He started in the warehouse as an Inventory Control Clerk and was promoted to West Warehouse Manager his first year. His 3rd year, he started to oversee the wholesale and retail warehouse divisions. These divisions include the shipping, receiving and production of all orders that come into the DVA's Florida warehouses. Joe currently runs a crew of 1 manager, 2 supervisors and 11 warehouse clerks. For the last 2 years, Joe and his crew have consecutively handled over 8 million units of product and this number is still growing.

Gina Kugler started at DVA in the summer of 2000 as the Customer Service Manager for Internet Sales. After 5 years of service, she took over as Finance Director and has held that position ever since. Gina graduated from college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Although she misses the hustle and bustle of city life, she has enjoyed living and working in Florida and being a part of DVA's growth over the years. An added bonus has been working with her husband Brad Kugler and her brother-in-law Ryan Kugler, both owners of DVA. "When you work with good people such as the employees we have, it's hard to call it 'work' "!

Gina Kugler started at DVA in the summer of 2000 as the Customer Service Manager for Internet Sales. After 5 years of service, she took over as Finance Director and has held that position ever since. Gina graduated from college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC. Although she misses the hustle and bustle of city life, she has enjoyed living and working in Florida and being a part of DVA's growth over the years. An added bonus has been working with her husband Brad Kugler and her brother-in-law Ryan Kugler, both owners of DVA. "When you work with good people such as the employees we have, it's hard to call it 'work' "!

Nathalie Manecchia joined the DVA team in 2003 as an Internet Customer Service Representative. In 2004 she was promoted to Executive Assistant to CEO with additional duties in Finance. Nathalie came to DVA with a background of assisting key personnel both on the administrative and on the talent side of the entertainment industry, and she enjoys using that experience to provide the best service possible to our customers and management team.

Anne Ford joined the DVA Library Sales Team in 2006. She began as our MARC Record liaison with OCLC and the Library Customers. After 2 years, she became a Library Sales Rep and has since worked her way up to the Library Sales Director. Ann works one on one with DVA's Library customers to ensure we deliver the best products and customer service. From developing a new website, to starting new service programs such as our Indigo Digital Processing, Ann works relentlessly to fill all our Library customer's needs.

Robert Gould joined us in 2007 with 4 years of internet sales experience and took on the newly created role of Internet Sales Manager for the e-commerce department of DV&A. He quickly rebuilt several internet sales channels such as Ebay, Amazon, Buy.com, Half.com, Glyde and others. He has since grown the department to 4 staff managing 3 websites and thousands of inventory SKUs. (It is important to note that Robert and John both strive to ensure that inventory SKU's are not duplicated across the Wholesale and Internet departments.to ensure we do not cross paths with our wholesale customers on the same sales channels. ) Robert has lived all over the south since leaving Milwaukee, Wisconsin when he was 18 to join the Army. He has lived in Columbus, Georgia, Huntsville, Alabama, Florence, Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, and has finally settled down in Tampa, Florida. He enjoys the Florida lifestyle, cruising and spending time with his many friends and neighbors.