Michael J. Edwards

Background

Edwards, Michael J. was born in 1960.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business & Marketing, Drexel University, Philadelphia, 1983.

Career

Member management training progressive, buyer May Department Store Company, 1983—1988. Various marketing/merchandising positions Target Corporation. From general manager to senior manager, then senior vice president operations for West division CompUSA, 1990—1997, senior vice president, general merchandise manager software & accessories business, 1997—1998.

Vice president, general merchandise manager Golfsmith LP, 1998—1999. Executive vice president merchandising, chief marketing officer West Marine, Inc., 1999—2000. Executive vice president operations Jo-Ann Stores, 2001—2004.

President, Chief Executive Officer lucy Activewear, Inc., Portland, Oregon, 2001—2004, Ellington Leather, Portland, 2004—2007. Executive vice president, chief merchandising officer Borders Group, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 2009, interim Chief Executive Officer, since 2010. Chairman board directors iGo Corporation, 1999—2001, Muttropolis LLC, Solana Beach, California, since 2008.

Achievements

• Michael J. Edwards has been listed as a noteworthy retail executive by Marquis Who's Who.