About Us

Mr. Creel is the Chief Executive Officer of Value Resource Group, Inc. He oversees and reviews all appraisals, as well as manages data entry, programming, and appraisal staff. He is known as one of the country’s foremost experts in inventory valuation theories, techniques, aviation parts and aircraft, and liquidation exit strategies. Mr. Creel has conducted more than 5,000 valuations to date on virtually all types of inventories. His range of experience includes manufacturing, retail, and distribution inventories in most industries. These appraisals were conducted for lending, ad valorem taxation, litigation support, and many other purposes. Mr. Creel was responsible for creating the first proprietary inventory valuation software, which allows inventories to be valued by line item rather than globally. His creation became a critical factor for adjusting the value for mix, obsolescence, and turn. Since 1990, Mr. Creel has developed what is now considered the standard methodology within the asset-based lending community for the appraisal of aviation spares, having designed a database that includes more than 17,000,000 individual OEM part numbers. A similar database has been established and become the standard monitoring tool for oilfield tubulars and related assets. Mr. Creel is an accredited senior member in the machinery/technical specialties discipline (Aviation) and is a contributing author of the inventory valuation course offered by the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), ME206. This upper-level course is the primary tool used by the ASA when training its members in the basics of inventory appraisals. In addition, Mr. Creel coauthored the first comprehensive monograph for inventory appraisals, titled "A Guide to Understanding the Inventory Appraisal Process.” Mr. Creel began his career as an auctioneer’s assistant. He studied at George Washington University and Southern Methodist University. In 1980, he became a market analyst for R.S.I. Appraisal Group, where he eventually became manager of the research department. Joining MB Valuation Services, Inc. in 1984 in the same capacity, Mr. Creel continued in the valuation of machinery and equipment. In 1986, he began to devote his energies to the valuation and liquidation of inventories and aviation-related assets. Under his direction, the inventory department grew in volume from approximately 15 appraisals the first year to more than 300 appraisals per year. This capacity continues with Value Resource Group, Inc. Mr. Creel has remained an active member and course developer in the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) for more than 20 years. He has attended, contributed to, and/or tested all of the Machinery and Equipment Technical Specialties (MTS) offered by the ASA. These include:

• ME201: Introduction to Machinery and Equipment Valuation
• ME201AS: Introduction to Machinery and Equipment Valuation (Aviation-Specific)*
• ME202: Machinery and Equipment Valuation Methodology
• ME202AS: Machinery and Equipment Valuation (Aviation-Specific)*
• ME203: Advanced Topics and Case Studies
• ME204: Advanced Topics and Report Writing
• ME206: Appraisal of Inventory*
• ME208: Marine Survey
• ME 214: Identification and Appraisal of Mineral Processing Equipment
• ME215: Performing Machinery and Equipment Valuations for Financial Reporting Purposes
• SE100: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (Multiple Sessions; Currently Certified)

*Contributing Author

Mr. Creel is recertified as a Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers (2017).

Mr. Autry is the Senior Vice-President of Value Resource Group, Inc. He is also a Chief Appraiser with nearly a decade of experience in the commercial and industrial appraisal fields. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Autry was senior sales representative and operations manager of a major company that provided breathing air products and services to municipal and industrial fire and rescue operations. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Autry was a firefighter for West Tawakoni, Texas, and studied at Texas A&M University’s Fire Protection Training Division for:

• Agricultural Rescue Techniques
• Establishing Helicopter Landing Zones
• Fire Fighting in Sprinkler Buildings
• Incident Command
• Liquefied Petroleum Gas Fires
• SCBA Cottage Fires
• Vehicle Extraction
• Ventilation

Mr. Autry was also certified by:

• Scott Health & Safety for SCBA Overhaul Level Technician & Overhaul Level Breathing Air Compressor
• MSA for Overhaul Repair Technician
• Texas Research Institute (TRI) for Testing Compressed Breathing Air & Trainer

In 2006, Mr. Autry joined Value Resource Group, Inc. as an inventory and machinery and equipment appraiser. He is an invaluable member of our appraisal team, an outstanding individual, and an experienced professional--one that brings a level of expertise and organizational skills we feel privileged to offer our clientele.

Ms. Kinney-Canary is an Account Representative and Chief Appraiser for Value Resource Group, Inc. She brings more than 20 years of experience in the commercial and industrial appraisal field to her role and is the third woman worldwide to receive her Senior Accreditation for the Machinery/Technical Specialties discipline with the American Society of Appraisers. Having traveled extensively both nationally and internationally in her appraisal career, Ms. Kinney-Canary possesses significant experience in heavy industry, chemical, and other process facilities. To this end, Ms. Kinney-Canary has completed additional training in process plant construction estimating standards. Her appraisal experience also extends to:

• Metalworking
• Woodworking
• Plastics/Rubber
• Health/Pharmaceuticals
• Salt Mining

Ms. Kinney-Canary received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Marketing from Southern Methodist University. She has served three terms as Membership Chairperson in the Kentucky Chapter of the ASA, and has given expert testimony in both state and federal courts, as well as other venues. Ms. Kinney-Canary brings a level of appraisal expertise we are proud to offer to our clientele, and we consider her an invaluable member of our appraisal team.

Mr. Meub joined Value Resource Group, Inc. 2008. He is now the Senior Vice-President in charge of Business Development and is also a Senior Appraiser. Before joining us, Mr. Meub was a residential builder. Thanks to his building experience, he possesses a working knowledge of the contractor’s equipment and machine tools. From an inventory perspective, his exposure and utilization of building materials afford him an integrated understanding of these products. Mr. Meub graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy and went on to Youngstown State University with an emphasis in Business. He is an asset to our company and to our client base.

David is the President and founder of VALUE Incorporated, a financial valuation consulting firm specializing in the valuation of businesses, securities, intellectual property, and economic damages for a wide variety of purposes. Those purposes primarily involve transactions, financial and tax reporting, management, and strategic planning, and litigation. prior to forming VALUE Incorporated, Mr. Fuller consulted extensively in the financial and valuation fields for more than 20 years--first with a global accounting and consulting firm, and then with a national financial valuation firm. David has experience with companies in a wide variety of industries. David has published numerous articles on valuation and financial topics. He has also lectured to groups of professionals, as well as students at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. David has testified as an expert on valuation and damages issues many times in both deposition and trial settings in a variety of federal and state courts. His educational background includes an MBA concentrated in Finance from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Arts concentrated in Economics from Austin College. David is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA). He is also a member of Financial Executives International, the Association for Corporate Growth, and several other professional organizations.