Mr. Kruse currently is Chairman of  Kruse & Co., Inc as well as Topsider Building Systems in Clemmons, NC. He is also a Director of CNL Fund Management Company, an open-end mutual fund investing in global real estate securities. He serves on the Advisory Board of Process Sensors, Inc. of Milford, MA and Investec Strategies of Newport, RI, and is Chairman of Professional Facilities Management, a company that manages several private and public performing arts centers.

Mr. Kruse is a graduate of the University of Florida, Florida State University, the Harvard Graduate School of Business Advance Management Program and the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. He also serves on the Board of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Florida.