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Mr. Harker joined us as Vice President and Chief Counsel in September 2005. He became Vice President,
Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in January 2006. In April 2006, Mr. Harker was elected Senior
Vice President, Acting General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. In December 2006, Mr. Harker was elected
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary and in February 2008 he was elected Senior
Vice President, Human Resources, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining Holdings, he
practiced corporate law with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz from September 2000 to
August 2005.
Mr. Holt joined the Company as Senior Vice President, Chief Effectiveness Officer in September 2007 and
became Executive Vice President, Store Operations, in February 2008. Prior to joining Holdings, he spent over
13 years at Meijer, Inc., most recently as Executive Vice President of Retail Operations from 2004 until 2007 and
Senior Vice President Retail Operations from 2000 to 2004. Mr. Holt served as Senior Vice President of
Information Technology/Services and Strategic Planning prior to his assignment in Operations.
Ms. McGuire joined us as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer in October 2005. Prior to
joining Holdings, she spent over 30 years at International Business Machines Corporation, most recently as Vice
President, Worldwide Strategy and Marketing, IBM Systems and Technology Group from January 2005 to
September 2005. Previously she served as IBM’s Vice President, Worldwide Marketing and Strategy, IBM
Global Services from August 2003 to January 2005 and Vice President, Worldwide Market Management and
Integrated Marketing Communications from 1995 to August 2003.
Mr. Mixon was elected as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Supply Chain and Operations in February
2008. He was previously Senior Vice President, Logistics of Kmart from May 2002 to March 2005, when he
assumed the same role with Sears Holdings.
Mr. Phelan was elected Senior Vice President and Controller of the Company in September 2007 and
Treasurer in December 2007. From March 2005 until September 2007, Mr. Phelan served as Vice President and
Controller of Sears Holdings. From December 2000 to March 2005 he served as Assistant Controller of Sears.
Mr. Reidy was elected Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in October 2007. He spent the
previous eight years at Capital One Financial Corporation, a financial holding company, most recently as Senior
Vice President, Capital One Financial Cost Executive, since 2006. Previously he served as executive in charge of
Banking Integration from 2005 through 2006. Prior to that Mr. Reidy served as Chief Planning and Financial
Strategy Officer from 2003 until 2005, while also serving as the Chief Financial Officer of Capital One’s Bank
and Credit Card division—a post he assumed in 2002.
Mr. Yulinsky joined us as Executive Vice President, Strategy and Customer Insight in October 2005.
Previously, he was a leader of the Financial Institutions and Marketing/CRM practice at McKinsey and Co., a
consulting firm, from August 1999 to October 2005.
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