Shane Evangelist has been U.S. Auto Parts' Chief Executive Officer since October 2007. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Evangelist served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Blockbuster Online where he was responsible for leading the creation, development and launch of Blockbuster's online movie rental service. Mr. Evangelist, who joined Blockbuster Inc., in 2001, also served as Vice President of Strategic Planning with responsibility for strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, marketing and capital deployment. Prior to that, from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Evangelist served in various senior-level roles for IBM, most recently as Customer Unit Executive. Mr. Evangelist holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from the University of New Mexico and an M.B.A from Southern Methodist University.
Aaron Colemam Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Information Officer
Aaron E. Coleman has been our Executive Vice President of Operations and Chief Information Officer since April 2008. From July 2007 to April 2008, Mr. Coleman served as Senior Vice President Online Systems at Blockbuster Inc., which he joined as Vice President Online Systems in March 2005. From April 2003 to March 2005, he was the Chief Technology Officer of Travelweb LLC, which is owned by priceline.com Incorporated, and was responsible for all aspects of Travelweb's technology, including the technology for Travelweb.com and over 40 affiliate websites, as well as the booking gateway for the merchant property processing for Orbitz and priceline.com. Mr. Coleman's prior experience also includes serving as Manager of the Customer Technology Infrastructure group at American Airlines. Mr. Coleman holds a B.A. degree in Business Administration from Gonzaga University.
Ted Sanders Chief Financial Officer
Ted Sanders joined U.S. Auto Parts in February 2009. Prior to joining the Company he served as Chief Financial Officer of ViewSonic Corporation from July 2007 to February 2009. From May 1997 to June 2007 Mr. Sanders served as Chief Financial Officer of public company PC Mall Inc., a marketer of technology products with over $1.2 billion in revenue in 2007, where he helped the company grow organically and through acquisition to offer over 125,000 different products to over ten million customers. Mr. Sanders also successfully off-shored and managed certain sales and back-office functions to Canada and the Philippines. Prior to PC Mall, Mr. Sanders was the controller and Director of Finance for BAX Global, a $1.7 billion subsidiary of The Pittston Company, a global business and security services company. At Pittston, he also served as the Director of Internal Audit. Mr. Sanders started his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Houman Akhavan Vice President of Marketing
Houman Akhavan has been U.S. Auto Parts' Vice President of Marketing since January 2006. From February 2000 to July 2004, Mr. Akhavan served as the founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Edigitalweb, Inc., an online marketing and software development firm. Edigitalweb's clients included U.S. Auto Parts and Partsbin. From August 2004 to December 2005, Mr. Akhavan continued to serve as a consultant to U.S. Auto Parts.