CEO Resume Example
A CEO resume that puts the manufacturer's revenue base and headcount first, then the EBITDA growth and the leadership bench running day to day.
Tomas Lindqvist
Chief Executive Officer · Mid-Market Manufacturing
Nashville, TN
(615) 555-0121
t.lindqvist@email.com
linkedin.com/in/tomaslindqvist
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB)
American Society for Quality (ASQ)
Profile
CEO with 12 years leading a mid-market manufacturer through a $40M revenue base and 220 employees. Doubled EBITDA margin in 4 years and built the leadership bench that now runs day-to-day operations.
Leadership Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2019 – Present
Ardent Holdings, Nashville, TN
- Lead a $40M manufacturer with 220 employees across 2 plants, reporting to a 5-member board.
- Doubled EBITDA margin in 4 years by restructuring pricing and cutting overhead cost 18%.
- Own capital allocation and annual planning, presenting strategy to the board every quarter.
- Built the executive team from 3 to 6 leaders, promoting 2 from within operations.
- Led the integration of an $8M acquisition, retaining 95% of its key accounts.
Chief Operating Officer
2015 – 2019
Calder Group, Nashville, TN
- Ran operations, supply chain and HR for a $28M manufacturer with 160 employees.
- Cut production cost per unit 14% by consolidating 2 facilities into one.
- Negotiated supplier contracts saving the company $620K a year.
- Built the performance-management system still used to evaluate all plant staff.
VP of Operations
2012 – 2015
Calder Group, Nashville, TN
- Managed production planning and staffing for a 90-person manufacturing operation.
- Improved on-time delivery from 88% to 97% over 2 years.
Core Strengths
Strategy & governance
P&L ownership
Board reporting
Capital allocation
M&A integration
Team leadership
Change management
Systems
SAPExcelPower BINetSuite
Education
MBA
2012
Vanderbilt University, Owen School of Management
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering
2008
University of Tennessee
The person, employers and dates are invented; the duties, tools and credentials are the ones this job really asks for.
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- Strategy
- Budget ownership
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Forecasting
- Vendor negotiation
- Process design
- Hiring
- Performance management
- Board reporting
- P&L
- Budget
- Operations
- Process Improvement
- KPI
- Change Management
- Cross-Functional
- Roadmap
- Risk
- Governance
What holds up
- 01 / 05Scope in the first line.Team size, budget, region — the level check happens immediately.
- 02 / 05Outcomes over duties.What changed under you, with numbers and periods.
- 03 / 05People built.Hires, promotions, retention — the durable record.
- 04 / 05Two pages acceptable.Expected, even; padding is not.
- 05 / 05Board and stakeholder work named.The altitude of your communication matters.
What does not
- 01 / 05Buzzword leadership."Visionary change agent" reads as inverse seniority.
- 02 / 05Taking whole-company results.Your span, honestly bounded, reads stronger.
- 03 / 05Detailed early-career history.Compress to a line each after fifteen years.
- 04 / 05Confidential figures.Percentages carry the point.
- 05 / 05Hiding a short tenure.The story on paper beats the one imagined.
FAQ
Questions about this CEO resume example
Short answers to what people ask before they send this resume.
Use this exampleIs two pages acceptable?
Yes, and at this level often expected. What is not acceptable is a second page of duties rather than outcomes.
How far back should the history go?
Roughly fifteen years in detail; older roles compress to a line each. The early history establishes trajectory, not capability.
Should I include a summary?
Yes. At this level a reader wants scope — team size, budget, region — in the first three lines, before deciding whether to keep reading.