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16
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 52
Jeffrey A. Balagna Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer 2013 54
Robert A. Schriesheim Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2011 54
Arun D. Arora Senior Vice President and President, Home Appliances and Home
Services 2014 44
Kristin M. Coleman Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary 2014 46
Leena Munjal Senior Vice President, Customer Experience and Integrated Retail 2013 38
Alasdair James President and Chief Member Officer, Kmart 2014 44
Robert A. Riecker Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer 2012 50
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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. Balagna joined the Company as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer in May 2013.
Prior to joining the Company, he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Eli Lilly and
Company, a pharmaceutical company, since February 2012. He previously served in senior positions for Carlson
Companies, including President and Chief Executive Officer for Carlson Marketing Worldwide, a marketing, travel
and hospitality company, which was acquired by Groupe Aeroplan, Inc. in 2009, from 2008 to September 2011,
Chief Executive Officer of Carlson’s T.G.I. Friday’s and Pickup Stix casual restaurant businesses in 2008, and
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Customer Technology Officer for Carlson Companies from
2005 to 2008. He previously served in senior positions for Medtronic, Inc., General Electric Company, and Ford
Motor Company.
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.
Mr. Arora joined the Company in April 2014 and serves as Senior Vice President and President, Home
Appliances and Home Services. Prior to joining the Company, he served in various roles at Staples, Inc., an office
supply store chain, including Senior Vice President and General Manager of Global E-commerce, from June 2013
until April 2014 and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Americas and Treasurer of Groupon, Inc., an online
marketing service providing local discounts, from February 2012 until June 2013. Mr. Arora served as Vice
President, Financial Planning and Strategy of Beam Global Wine & Spirits, Inc., a premium spirits company, from
June 2011 until September 2011, and as Senior Director, International Operations of 3M Company, a diversified
technology company, from September 2008 until July 2011 and Senior Director, Corporate Development of 3M
Company from December 2006 until September 2008. During his 23 year career, he has worked in a variety of roles