Lou D'Ambrosio

Lou D’Ambrosio is president and chief executive officer for Sears Holdings Corporation. Before joining Sears Holdings, Lou served as chief executive officer and board member of Avaya, a Fortune 500 global telecommunications and technology firm. As coporate executive officer, Lou led a transformation of the organization driving market leadership and operational improvements in a highly competitive period in the industry. Lou led the company through a successful $8.3 billion private equity transaction.

Before joining Avaya, Lou spent 16 years at IBM where he held several executive posts and was a member of the Worldwide Management Committee. His roles included leading strategy for IBM Global Services, sales and marketing for IBM’s Software business and industry operations for the Asia Pacific region. Most recently, Mr. D'Ambrosio has served as non-executive chairman of Sensus, a clean technology leader, and on the Board of Trustees of the Jackson Laboratory and Walnut Street Theatre.