• OVERSTOCK COM INC DEL Key Executives

  • Total Compensation: $ 24,709.00
    Dr. Patrick M. Byrne has served as our principal executive officer and as a Director since October 1999, as Chairman of the Board from February 2001 through October 2005 and from April 2006 to the present, and currently serves as our President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. From September 1997 to May 1999, Dr. Byrne served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fechheimer Brothers, Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of uniforms. From 1995 until its sale in September 1999, Dr. Byrne was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Centricut, LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of industrial torch parts. From 1994 to the present, Dr. Byrne has served as a Manager of the Haverford Group, an investment company and an affiliate of Overstock. Dr. Byrne has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese studies from Dartmouth College, a Master's degree from Cambridge University as a Marshall Scholar, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University.
    Sam Peterson - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Sam Peterson currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Technology. Mr. Peterson previously served as the Vice President, Software Development from early 2005, and was appointed as Director, Network and Systems Engineering in 2003. Prior to joining Overstock in 1999, Mr. Peterson was involved in creating several start-up internet ventures, including Fitnesoft, Inc.
    Jacob Hawkins - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Jacob Hawkins currently serves as Senior Vice President, Change Management. Mr. Hawkins has performed various roles across the organization, including business development, marketing, merchandising, technology, and project management. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Mr. Hawkins worked for Professional Marketing International. Mr. Hawkins holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Management from Brigham Young University and a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in information systems from the University of Utah.
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    Joseph J. Tabacco, Jr. has served as a Director of Overstock since June 2007. Mr. Tabacco is a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. For more than the last five years Mr. Tabacco has served as the managing partner of Berman DeValerio Pease Tabacco Burt & Pucillo's San Francisco office. A 1974 honors graduate of George Washington University School of Law, Mr. Tabacco litigates antitrust, securities fraud, commercial high tech, and intellectual property matters. Since entering private practice in the early 1980s, Mr. Tabacco has served as trial or lead counsel in numerous antitrust and securities cases and has been involved in all aspects of state and federal litigation. Prior to 1981, Mr. Tabacco served as senior trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, and in both the Central District of California and the Southern District of New York. Mr. Tabacco frequently lectures and authors articles on securities and antitrust law issues and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Mr. Tabacco is also a former teaching fellow of the Attorney General's Advocacy Institute in Washington, D.C., and has served on the faculty of ALI-ABA on programs about U.S.-Canadian business litigation and trial of complex securities cases.
    James V. Joyce - Director
    Total Compensation: $ —
    James V. Joyce has served as a Director of Overstock since February 2008. He is also the chief executive officer of Icent LLC, which is a management consulting company through which Mr. Joyce has provided consulting services to clients, including the Company, for more than the last five years. Mr. Joyce holds a Bachelor of Arts degree as well as a Master's degree in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Dartmouth College.
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    Barclay (Clay) F. Corbus has served as a Director of Overstock since March 2007. He is a member of the Audit Committee and Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Corbus has served as Senior Vice President of Clean Energy Fuels Corp., with responsibility for strategic development, since September 2007. He served as Co-CEO of WR Hambrecht + Co. from July 2004 to September 2007, and prior to that date served in other executive positions with WR Hambrecht + Co. Prior to joining WR Hambrecht + Co in March 1999, Mr. Corbus was in the investment banking group at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Mr. Corbus graduated from Dartmouth College with an AB in Government and has an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School.
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    Allison H. Abraham has served as a Director of Overstock since March 2002 and is currently a consultant to several early stage companies and individuals. She is Chair of the Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee. Ms. Abraham served as President and as a director of LifeMinders, Inc., an online direct marketing company, from May 2000 until the acquisition of LifeMinders by Cross Media Marketing Corp. in October 2001. Prior to joining LifeMinders, Ms. Abraham served as Chief Operating Officer of iVillage Inc., an online media company, from May 1998 to May 2000. From February 1997 to April 1998, Ms. Abraham was President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Shoppers Express, an online grocery service, and also served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for several months prior to her promotion. From 1992 to 1996, Ms. Abraham held several marketing and management positions at Ameritech Corporation. She was employed at American Express Travel Related Services in New York City from 1988 to 1992, focusing on the launch of new products and loyalty programs. Ms. Abraham holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Tufts University and a MBA degree from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.
    Stormy D. Simon - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 701,395.00
    Ms. Stormy Simon currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Customer Care and Strategic Marketing. Ms. Simon previously served as our Vice President, BMMG, Travel and Off-Line Advertising, Chief of Staff and as our Director of B2B. Prior to joining Overstock.com in 2001, Ms. Simon worked in the media and travel industries.
    Stephen P. Tryon - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 642,042.00
    Mr. Stephen P. Tryon joined Overstock.com in August 2004, and serves as Senior Vice President, Logistics, with primary responsibility for logistics and supervision of the Company's warehouse operations, and most recently, managing the Company's human resources. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Mr. Tryon was the Legislative Assistant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. During his 21 years with the Army, his assignments included director of plans for the 10th Mountain Division, Congressional Fellow for United States Senator Max Cleland, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the United States Military Academy, and commander of a company of paratroopers. Mr.Tryon received a B.S. in Applied Sciences from the U.S. Military Academy in 1983 and a M.A. in Philosophy from Stanford University in 1992.
    David K. Chidester - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ 557,577.00
    Mr. David K. Chidester currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Finance (our principal financial and accounting officer). Mr. Chidester served as our Controller from August 1999 to August 2003 and as our Acting Chief Financial Officer from August 2003 to January 2004. Prior to joining Overstock.com, Mr. Chidester was with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP from December 1995 to August 1999. Mr. Chidester holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting and a Master's Degree in Business Administration, both from the University of Utah.
    Total Compensation: $ 851,055.00
    Jonathan E. Johnson, III - Senior VP, Divisional
    Total Compensation: $ —
    Mr. Jonathan E. Johnson III joined Overstock.com in September 2002. He has served as our General Counsel and as our Vice President, Strategic Projects, and currently serves as our Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal and as our Secretary. From May 1999 to September 2002, Mr. Johnson held various positions with TenFold Corporation, including positions as General Counsel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. From October 1997 to April 1999, Mr. Johnson practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and from September 1994 to September 1997, he practiced law in the Los Angeles offices of Graham & James. From February 1994 to August 1994, Mr. Johnson served as a judicial clerk at the Utah Supreme Court for Justice Leonard H. Russon, and prior to that, from August 1993 to January 1994, Mr. Johnson served as a judicial clerk at the Utah Court of Appeals for Justice Russon. Mr. Johnson holds a Bachelor's Degree in Japanese from Brigham Young University, studied for a year at Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan, and received his law degree from the J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Law School at Brigham Young University.