Executive Management

Ms. Gloeckler has served as a member of the Board since July 2021, and, prior to her appointment as Interim Chief Executive Officer in February 2023, she served as the Chair of each of the Board’s Compensation and Talent Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee. Ms. Gloeckler is a former retail executive with more than thirty years of experience in retail, consumer-packaged goods, merchandising, sourcing, manufacturing and strategy. In December 2021, Ms. Gloeckler was appointed as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Pairwise. Ms. Gloeckler has been a member of the board of directors of BJ’s Wholesale Club (NYSE: BJ) since September 2019, where she serves on the nominating and governance committee. In May 2021, Ms. Gloeckler was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of The Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (NYSE: NAPA), where she serves on the audit committee and nominating and corporate governance committee. Ms. Gloeckler served as an independent director on Benson Hill Biosystems, Inc.’s board and audit committee from 2019 to 2021, and was the Chief Merchant & President International for Academy Sports & Outdoors (NASDAQ:ASO), a sporting goods retailer, from August 2016 to January 2019. Ms. Gloeckler was an executive at Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT), from 2009 to 2016, where she held various executive roles. Most recently she served as Executive Vice President, Consumables, Health and Wellness, and led their US manufacturing initiative. Prior to that, Ms. Gloeckler held leadership roles at The Hershey Company, a global confectionary manufacturer, for more than 20 years. Ms. Gloeckler served on The University of Michigan Dean’s Advisory Council from 2015 to 2022. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Psychology from the University of Michigan.

Jesse Weaver joined Holley as Chief Financial Officer in December 2022 with nearly 20 years of experience in finance, strategy and data analytics. Most recently, he served as SVP of Finance at Smile Direct Club (NASDAQ:SDC) where he was responsible for leading the Financial Planning and Analysis, Investor Relations, Strategy, Treasury, and Risk functions. Prior to SDC, Jesse was VP of Financial Planning and Analysis at Dollar General (NYSE: DG) where he was responsible for leading near-term and long-term strategic financial planning as well as driving the company’s zero-based budgeting efforts. Before joining Dollar General, Jesse held multiple leadership positions in finance at Yum Brands (NYSE: YUM) U.S. Pizza Hut division, including strategy, financial planning, and data analytics. Prior to that, he was part of the M&A and capital advisory teams for a middle-market investment bank. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Belmont University and a Master of Business Administration with concentrations in Finance, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.

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 assumed the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer from October 1, 2022, until December 12, 2022, while Holley conducted a search for its new CFO. 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.

Patrick Pierce has served as Holley’s Chief Human Resources Officer since August 2021. He has over 15 years of human resource experience across multiple industries including industrial equipment, consumer packaged goods, and retail. Prior to joining Holley, Mr. Pierce was employed by Treehouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS), the largest private label food and beverage manufacturer in the world, where he had served in various leadership roles since 2009. Mr. Pierce most recently served as Vice President, Corporate Human Resources from September 2019 to August 2021. Prior to joining Treehouse Foods, Mr. Pierce held various human resource roles at Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (NYSE: PEP) from 2007 to 2009 as well as Case New Holland (NYSE: CNHI) from 2005 to 2007. Mr. Pierce earned his Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Industrial & Labor Relations degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Carly Kennedy has served as Holley’s EVP, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary since April 2022. She has over 15 years of legal experience across multiple industries, including automotive manufacturing and consumer products. Prior to joining Holley, Ms. Kennedy served as General Counsel at Pampered Chef, a Berkshire Hathaway Company, as Associate General Counsel at Tenneco (NYSE: TEN), one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, and as Corporate Counsel at Allison Transmission (NYSE: ALSN), the world’s largest manufacturer of fully automatic transmissions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles and a leader in hybrid-propulsion systems for city buses. Ms. Kennedy earned her Bachelors and J.D. from Indiana University, and her Masters in Public Administration from the University of Colorado.

Brian Appelgate assumed the role of Interim Chief Operating Officer on November 14, 2022. Brian has been with Holley since 2018. Prior to his appointment as interim Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Appelgate advised Holley as Head of Mergers & Acquisitions. He has over 30 years of operating and industry experience having served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Driven Performance Brands and a former chairman of the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) prior to joining Holley. Mr. Appelgate earned a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University.