John C Walden

Prior to joining Sears Holdings, Walden spent approximately eight years as a senior executive at Best Buy and was a leader in its move towards being a more customer-centric organization. Most recently, he served as executive vice president of Best Buy's Customer Business Group, and was previously that company's executive vice president of human capital and leadership and its President of the Internet and direct marketing division. Prior to joining Best Buy, Walden served as Chief Operating Officer of Peapod, Inc., an Internet supermarket. Walden has also held general management roles with Ameritech Corp. and Storage Technology Corp., and practiced law with Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood in Chicago.