Mattress Firm Promotes Murphy To President, Killgore To COO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Bedding retailer Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (MFRM) announced that Ken Murphy has been promoted to president and Rob Killgore to chief operating officer.

The company also announced that Dale Carlsen will assume the role of executive vice chairman and chief philanthropy officer.

This new structure is the next step in the integration of the Sleep Train organization and is intended to drive future growth. All these changes are effective immediately.

Murphy has been instrumental in driving the growth of Mattress Firm into the nation's largest specialty mattress retailer during his over 15 years with the Company.

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, and national vice president of sales.

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. He joined Sleep Train in 1986, where he held various positions prior to chief operating officer, including senior executive vice president.