Annie Bloomquist

Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer @Sleep Number Corporation

EVP, Chief Innovation Officer leading the Company’s sleep innovation strategy, including R&D of its award-winning physical and digital smart bed ecosystem, digital engagement with its Smart Sleeper community, sleep science and research, and strategic partnerships and M&A to further Sleep Number’s mission and position in sleep and well-being. EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP | STRATEGIC PLANNING | M&A STRATEGY • Played the lead role in creating a vision, strategic plans, and pacing of innovation roadmaps for growth and lead returns-oriented investment prioritization. • Spearheaded relationships with renowned sleep science and research partners to further Sleep Number’s development of new business models, building credibility and data-sharing partnerships. • Delivered long-term groundbreaking collaborations with the Mayo Clinic (cardiovascular medicine and sleep) and the American Cancer Society for foundational sleep research to inform the first-ever cancer-specific sleep guidelines. • Envisioned, led, and shaped M&A strategy, objectives, and negotiation frameworks for multiple acquisitions to expand the intellectual property portfolio and generate new sources of revenue and profit. TECHNOLOGY DESIGN AND INNOVATION | R&D • Relentless focus on mission to improve lives, created an adaptive and immersive sleep technology ecosystem to deliver health and wellness solution which impacts sleep quality and wellbeing for every user. • Shaped culture of innovation, connecting broad strategic thinking, wide ranges of cutting-edge consumer research and technology expertise frameworks to deliver strategic consistency across multidimensional roadmaps for physical and digital experience for sustained superior shareholder value. • Envisioned, defined, and built smart bed ecosystem which serves as multi-dimensional platform that connects different groups of users and facilitate interactions between them. Resulting in business value and a depth of network users for new business models.