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15
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT
The following table and information sets forth the names of our executive officers, their current positions and
offices with the Company, the date they first became executive officers of the Company, their current ages, and their
principal employment during the past five years.
Name Position
Date First
Became an
Executive
Officer Age
Edward S. Lampert Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer 2013 50
Ronald D. Boire Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer and
President, Sears Full Line Stores and Kmart Formats 2012 51
Imran Jooma Executive Vice President and President, Online, Marketing,
Pricing & Financial Services 2012 40
Robert A. Schriesheim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2011 52
Dane A. Drobny Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary 2010 45
William K. Phelan Senior Vice President, Finance 2005 50
Robert A. Riecker Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 2012 48
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Mr. Lampert has served as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors since 2004 and as our Chief
Executive Officer since February 2013. He also is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ESL
Investments, Inc., which he founded in April 1988.
Mr. Boire joined the Company as Executive Vice President, Chief Merchandising Officer and President, Sears
Full Line Stores and Kmart Formats in January 2012. He served from October 2009 until January 2012 as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Brookstone, a consumer products company. He served as President, U.S. Toys, North
America, for Toys “R” Us, a specialty retailer of toys and juvenile products, from July 2006 until September 2009.
He previously served as Executive Vice President, Global Merchandise Manager of Best Buy Co., Inc., a retailer of
consumer electronics and related products from May 2003 to June 2006. Prior to joining Best Buy Co., Inc., Mr.
Boire served for 17 years in a variety of increasingly senior roles at Sony Electronics Inc., a marketer of electronic
products and services.
Mr. Jooma joined the Company in June 2007 as Vice President, e-Commerce, and has served in his current
position since November 2011. He was elected Executive Vice President in November 2012. From May 2010 until
November 2011, he served as the Company's Senior Vice President and President, e-Commerce. From August 2009
until May 2010, he served as Senior Vice President, e-Commerce, of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he
served as Vice President of eCommerce at Circuit City Stores, Inc. and prior thereto as the Divisional Vice President
of eCommerce at OfficeMax Incorporated.
Mr. Schriesheim joined the Company as Executive Vice President in August 2011 and became Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer that same month. Prior to joining the Company, he served as the Chief
Financial Officer of Hewitt Associates, Inc., a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, from
January 2010 to October 2010. From October 2006 to January 2010, he served as Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Lawson Software, Inc., an ERP software provider. From August 2002 to October 2006, he
was affiliated with ARCH Development Partners, LLC, a seed stage venture capital fund. Before joining ARCH, Mr.
Schriesheim held executive positions at Global TeleSystems, SBC Equity Partners, Ameritech, AC Nielsen and
Brooke Group Ltd. Mr. Schriesheim has served as a director of Skyworks Solutions, Inc. since May 2006 and is
chairman of its audit committee. He also served as a director of Dobson Communications Corp. from 2004 to 2007,
a director of Lawson Software from 2006 to 2011, a director and Co-Chairman of MSC.Software Corporation from
2007 to 2009 and a director of Georgia Gulf Corporation from 2009 to 2010.