Cliff Buster Tom Murray Steve Rusing
Mattress major Tempur Sealy International Inc., based in Lexington, Kentucky, has promoted three executives on its management team.
Cliff Buster was named president of U.S. direct to consumer and leads all of Tempur Sealy’s U.S. direct sales, including Tempur-Pedic retail stores, Sleep Outfitters retail stores, e-commerce sales and other direct channels. Previously, he was executive vice president of direct to consumer.
Tom Murray was promoted to executive vice president and chief marketing officer for the United States and leads all of Tempur Sealy’s U.S. new product development, product marketing, marketing communications and customer marketing activities. He had been senior vice president of marketing since joining the company in January 2018.
Steve Rusing was promoted to president of U.S. sales, and now oversees all of Tempur Sealy’s U.S. sales divisions, including third-party and emerging channel retail relationships. He was previously senior vice president of U.S. sales.
Commenting on the promotions, Scott Thompson, chair and chief executive officer, said: “These executives have played key roles in the success of the Tempur Sealy business in the past. But more importantly, I am confident they are the leaders who will help lead Tempur Sealy into the future and meet the company’s business needs going forward.”
