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Traci Hrudka


Biltmore Who's Who Selects Traci Hrudka as this week's Honored Member of the Executive and Professional Registry for 2009.

Traci Hrudka, President of Ellakit, LLC, has been selected as an Honored Member of the Biltmore Who's Who Executive and Professional Registry. The selection recognizes Traci Hrudka's commitment to excellence in marketing and sales.

Mrs. Hrudka began her passion in the drag racing industry back in 1982 by working for her father and several uncles at Mr. Gasket, Co. She spent nearly 20 years working in sales, customer service, marketing and advertising, where she learned the ins and outs of the entrepreneurship world. By the time 2007 rolled around, she needed to have the control and the ability to make her own decisions. It was then that she began Ellakit, LLC.

Mrs. Hrudka is a firm believer that with "no sacrifice comes no victory". She credits her father, Tom Hrudka, for instilling such values, creating the drive and motivation to go after what she has worked so hard for. After leaving her father's company, she took a minor detour and dabbled in a very structured and technical industry, which including bar-coding and automated data collection, adding versatility to her career. But it wasn't until ten years later that she really was able to narrow in on her own business.

Ellakit, LLC is a company that responds to the needs of the "going green" environment. The company manufactures and distributes environmentally safe products for a variety of customers, including customer survival kits, e-coolers and pop-up eco-coolers. The kits are designed for customers to use at trade shows, exhibits, sales conferences and similar events that require individuals to be on their feet all day or away from their home. Some of the products in the kit include: gel foot pads, moisturizing eye drops, nasal spray, lip balm, tissues, hand sanitizer, hand lotion, breath mints, adhesive bandages, non-aspirin pain reliever, antacids, dental floss, ear plugs, note pads, pens and rubber bands. Mrs. Hrudka believes that that these products are necessary for the future of our race, saying, "We need to preserve the environment and make it a safer place for our children and their children.".

Mrs. Traci Hrudka is affiliated with the Darrell Gwynn Foundation for the Cure of Paralysis, Put on the Brakes, an organization that involves schooling for the safety of teen driving, the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association and the Big Dog Garage Race Team with Jay Leno. She has won four President's Club awards for achievement in sales and customer service, as well as a Person of the Year Award from the Performance Warehouse Association in 1997. Traci is currently working on a documentary film with regards to her oldest craze on the "Legends of Drag Racing", as she believes that there is still an inherent need for people to understand the history of the evolution of the automotive market. She is a graduate of the College of the Desert in Palm Springs, California with a Bachelor's in Business Administration.

For more information about the company and their products, please visit http://www.ellakit.com.

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Traci Hrudka
posted by Biltmore Who's Who on Friday, April 24, 2009