Executive Management

Tom Tomlinson has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Holley since December 2009. Since that time, he and his team have driven significant growth in revenues and earnings by focusing the business on its passionate automotive enthusiast consumers and by developing innovative new products for the cars and trucks they love. Mr. Tomlinson and his team have completed a series of strategic acquisitions which have contributed meaningful sales and earnings growth, added new product categories and brands and have increased Holley’s market position in the otherwise highly fragmented performance automotive aftermarket industry. Prior to assuming the role of President and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Tomlinson served as Chief Financial Officer since March 2003, during which time he and his team put the initial building blocks in place that have supported the business’s transformation into a profitable and growing business. Mr. Tomlinson is a passionate automotive enthusiast and has been immersed in car culture since childhood. He began his professional career in public accounting where he served a wide variety of businesses with PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Tomlinson holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Liberty University.

Dominic Bardos joined Holley in 2021 as its Chief Financial Officer.  Mr. Bardos has over 30 years of global finance and accounting experience across multiple industries, including retail, restaurant, consumer services, entertainment and hospitality. Most recently, he served as Vice President of Finance for Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq: TSCO), the largest publicly traded rural lifestyle retailer, from 2018 to 2021.  Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer for Cambridge Franchise Holdings, an operator of quick service restaurants across the southeast from 2017 to 2018.  Additionally, he held several leadership positions at ServiceMaster (NYSE: SERV) including three years from 2014 to 2017 as the divisional Chief Financial Officer for Terminix, their largest international division.  His experience also includes leadership positions in financial planning & analysis, strategic sourcing, supply chain, and customer service operations in large organizations such as Caesars Entertainment (Nasdaq: CZR), Hilton Hotels, and Harrah’s Entertainment.  Dominic earned a Master of Business Administration in Finance and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from the University of Memphis, Fogelman College of Business & Economics.

Sean Crawford joined the Holley team as Chief Marketing Officer in May 2020 and brings nearly 20 years of automotive aftermarket industry experience. During his career, Sean has led various marketing organizations for automotive aftermarket brand portfolios under both public and private equity ownership. Most recently, Sean served as President of JE Pistons, a leading manufacturer of high-performance engine parts from 2019 to 2020. Previously, Sean held several leadership positions at Race Winning Brands, a portfolio of high-performance automotive aftermarket brands, including Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from 2017 to 2019, and Director of Marketing and Business Development from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, Sean led the automotive performance brands marketing organization at Performance Motorsports International from 2013 to 2017 as Director of Marketing and Business Development. His experience also includes leadership positions directing product and engineering organizations. Sean is an active and passionate automotive enthusiast, and enjoys vehicles of all types and vintages. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and Management and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Concordia University Irvine.

Terrill Rutledge has served as Chief Information Officer of Holley since 2019. He has over 31 years of information systems and business operations experience across multiple industries, including manufacturing, retail, software development, automotive, print media and advertising. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Holley from 2009 to 2019 prior to being promoted to CIO. Terrill also served as Vice President of Materials and Director of Information Technology for Holley between 2003 and 2009. Previously, he worked for Accuride Corporation, a tier 1 supplier to the heavy-duty automotive industry, as Director of Supply Chain Management and five years as the Director of Business Systems. Prior to Accuride, he worked for ZML, a software development company, Helig Meyers, a furniture retail corporation, and R.R. Donnelley & Sons, a print media corporation. Mr. Rutledge earned a Master's Degree in Management and Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Brescia University.

Vinod Nimmagadda joined Holley in 2021 as its Executive Vice President of Corporate Development & New Ventures. Mr. Nimmagadda has over eight years of finance and investment banking experience within the automotive aftermarket. Most recently, he served as a Vice President within Jefferies Group LLC from 2019 to 2021, and served in various other investment banking roles at Jefferies Group LLC since 2016. Previously, he served as an investment banking analyst within BB&T’s investment banking division from 2014 to 2015. Vinod is a lifelong automotive enthusiast with a passion for imports. Vinod earned a Bachelor’s degree in Financial Economics from Columbia University.

Jason Bruce currently serves as Vice President of Business Development at Holley and joined Holley in 1999. He has over 30 years of experience in the performance automotive aftermarket and has held leadership positions at Hooker Headers, Street Scene Equipment and Advanced Flow Engineering. Mr. Bruce is responsible for overseeing sales initiatives and relationship management throughout the distribution channel including E-Retailers, National Retailers, Performance Distributors and Direct-To-Consumer. His experience also includes marketing, advertising, product/brand management, merchandising, event planning and forecasting. He is a lifelong automotive enthusiast with a wide variety of interests. Mr. Bruce graduated from Platt College of Graphic Design in Ontario, California.

Stephen Trussell has served as Vice President of Finance for Holley since January 2009. Mr. Trussell previously served as Corporate Controller at Holley from 2003 to January 2009. He has over 30 years of accounting experience across multiple industries, including retail, restaurant, manufacturing and financial services. Prior to joining Holley, he was a senior manager at KPMG, where he spent 12 years in its audit group. Mr. Trussell earned a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech University. Steve has an affinity for high performance factory late model trucks.