Chris Krusmark, Sleep Number® setting 55, serves as the Executive Vice President, Chief Retail and People Officer for Sleep Number. He leads the retail selling experience and real estate footprint, ensuring both customers and team members are supported through connected enterprise processes. Krusmark’s focus is on strengthening the relationship between our customers and team members by overseeing a wide range of functions, including sales, talent acquisition, training, belonging and inclusion, total rewards, talent management, and retail operations.
Previously, Krusmark served Sleep Number as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Sales Operations, Field Services and Training. In these roles, he led store and home delivery operations, customer sales centers, sales promotions, and wholesale business development. Earlier in his career, he held finance leadership positions supporting sales, real estate, marketing and product.
Prior to joining Sleep Number, he served as a certified public accountant with EY and Arthur Andersen.
Krusmark holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and an undergraduate degree in business administration with a focus on accounting from Drake University.