Houston — Mattress Firm Holding Corp., the nation’s largest specialty mattress retailer, has promoted Ken Murphy to president and Rob Killgore to chief operating officer.
The company also has named Dale Carlsen, founder of Sleep Train, as executive vice chairman and chief philanthropy officer. In this role, Carlsen will work closely with the senior executive team on key strategic initiatives, vendor relations, mergers and acquisitions, and community engagement. This new structure is the next step in the integration of the Sleep Train organization and is intended to drive future growth. These changes are effective immediately.
In his expanded role as president, Murphy now has responsibility for all sales functions of the company, including store operations and distribution, marketing, merchandising and e-commerce. Murphy first joined Mattress Firm in 1998 and was most recently co-chief operating officer. During his tenure with the company, he has held positions of increasing responsibility including executive vice president of sales and operations, national vice president of sales, director of training and recruiting, and vice president of field and talent management.
As chief operating officer, Killgore is now responsible for all support functions including strategy, information technology, real estate, legal and human resources. Killgore joined Mattress Firm as co-chief operating officer in 2014 as part of the Sleep Train acquisition where he was most recently chief operating officer. Killgore joined Sleep Train in 1986, where he held various positions prior to chief operating officer, including senior executive vice president.
With more than 2,300 company-operated and franchised stores across 41 states, Mattress Firm Holding Corp. has the largest geographic footprint in the United States among multi-brand mattress retailers. The company was founded in 1986 in Houston.
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SOURCE: Mattress Firm Holding Corp.