Faculty Profile: Rick Lundgren

Rick Lundgren is the owner and CEO of The Alternative Board of Nashville, where he supports business owners and CEO’s in achieving their company and personal visions. He has more than 30 years of business leadership experience with several Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller privately owned businesses, and has proven success in business strategy planning and deployment. Executing strategy with organic revenue growth, acquisitions and new product/service introductions, Rick has led several businesses through periods of double digit sales and cash flow growth. He has extensive experience developing business leaders and leadership succession plans, and aligning management teams with the business owner/CEO vision to more quickly and effectively create business value. He has leadership success within public companies, family owned entities as well as private equity sponsored companies. Rick has career experiences in engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing, business development, and global business management, including as CEO and business owner. He has a Chemical Engineering degree from the University of Nebraska, and a Masters in Management from the Kellogg Graduate School at Northwestern University.