Overstock Appoints Mark Baker as Chief Product Officer of its Retail Division
March 05 2020 - 9:00AM
Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) has appointed Mark Baker as
Chief Product Officer of its award-winning retail shopping site. In
this role, Baker will head up all product management and user
experience across every customer touchpoint. He will also ensure
the product organization works in lockstep with the software
development organization using agile principles to bring even
better experiences and value to customers more quickly.
Baker began working with Overstock in 2011 and has held a number
of product development roles within the company. During that time,
he and his teams were responsible for building and maintaining many
of the website products and platforms that have made Overstock an
online retail technology leader.
“I’m pleased to add an individual with Mark’s track record of
success to the Overstock Retail leadership team,” said Overstock
CEO Jonathan Johnson. “Mark has been a large part of the creation
of some of the most beneficial technology products in Overstock’s
ecosystem and I’m looking forward to him taking an even larger role
in directing those efforts from this new position. We’re
methodically getting the right people on the right seats of
Overstock’s leadership bus.”
“The announcement of Mark as our new CPO is a strategic move to
support our focus on our two customer segments and brand pillars
that make up roughly 40% of the online home furnishings market,”
said Overstock Retail President Dave Nielsen. “The experience these
two customer segments have with our website is largely driven by
our product team and Mark has proven over the years to build some
incredible customer-facing products.”
“I’m pleased to work with Overstock’s talented teams to bring
innovative, technology-based products to our customers, while
providing sustainable value to our business,” said Mark Baker,
Overstock’s new Chief Product Officer. “The online home goods
industry has tremendous growth opportunity and I look forward to
extending Overstock’s position as a leading brand to our
customers.”
About Mark Baker: As Overstock.com Retail’s
Chief Product Officer, Mark Baker leads all product management and
user experience across the company’s customer, marketing, digital
experience, merchandising, and operations organizations. He
transitioned to the role of CPO after serving as the company’s Vice
President of Product and Technology, where he led product
development in support of Overstock’s partner network and supply
chain.
Baker first joined Overstock in 2011, and has held a number of
product development roles, including Development Lead, Director of
Application Development, Application Architect, Senior Director of
Software Development, and Vice President of Product and Technology.
Previous to Overstock, he held software engineering positions with
Lockheed Martin, Longhair Technologies, and Scitor Corporation.
He graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of
Science in Aerospace Engineering and has continued his education in
the areas of security, machine learning, and product
management.
For more information and updates on Overstock or its
subsidiaries, please visit the company’s Newsroom at
https://www.overstock.com/newsroom.
For information on career opportunities, visit
https://www.overstock.com/careers.
About OverstockOverstock.com, Inc Common
Shares (NASDAQ:OSTK) / Digital Voting Series A-1 Preferred Stock
(Medici Ventures’ tZERO platform:OSTKO) / Series B Preferred
(OTCQX:OSTBP) is an online retailer and technology company
based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its leading e-commerce website
sells a broad range of new home products at low prices, including
furniture, décor, rugs, bedding, home improvement, and more. The
online shopping site, which is visited by nearly 40 million
customers a month, also features a marketplace providing customers
access to millions of products from third-party sellers. Overstock
was the first major retailer to accept cryptocurrency in 2014, and
in the same year founded Medici Ventures, its wholly owned
subsidiary dedicated to the development and acceleration of
blockchain technologies to democratize capital, eliminate
middlemen, and re-humanize commerce. Overstock regularly posts
information about the Company and other related matters on
the Newsroom and Investor Relations pages on
its website, Overstock.com.
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Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements include all statements other than
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statements regarding the company’s leadership. Additional
information regarding factors that could materially affect results
and the accuracy of the forward-looking statements contained herein
may be found in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2019, which was filed with
the SEC on November 12, 2019, and any subsequent
filings with the SEC. SOURCE: Overstock.com, Inc.
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