International Bedding Names 3 Associates

August 1, 2011  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Executive Changes on August 2, 2011 International Bedding has named three new sales associates to newly created positions.

Pat O'Brien, Ann Stephenson and Steve Baumberger will manage the bedding company's Florida, Texas and Arizona regions. They will report to Dennis Straily, International Bedding vice president of sales.

€œEach of these executives brings a wealth of sales, management, marketing and business development expertise to our company from both inside and outside the mattress industry,€ Straily said. €œBased on their years of experience and their proven track records, we€™re extremely excited about their appointments to the IB team.€

O€™Brien, who has 12 years€™ experience in the mattress industry, has been named a key account manager for Mattress Giant and is responsible for other strategic sales initiatives.

Prior to joining the company, O€™Brien had been with Spring Air where he held various sales positions, including vice president of sales for the company€™s e-commerce and contract divisions. He also managed national and key accounts for Serta, and worked with Simmons Co. in various marketing and territory management posts.

Stephenson, who has been named a territory manager, is responsible for retail accounts in the company€™s Texas region that sell the Dr. Breus Bed line. A former Texas-based territory sales executive for Sealy, Stephenson spent nearly 22 years in wholesale and retail sales, which included sales management positions with global designer brands.

Prior to joining the company, she was a retail sales coordinator for Perry Ellis International, serving Macy€™s and Dillard€™s.

Baumberger is responsible for sales in southern California for all the company's brands.

The former owner and president of Baumberger€™s Furniture in Evansville, Ind., Baumberger first joined the family business  as a sales representative and assistant manager. He left the retailer to become vice president of multi-family investments at The Foundation Group, Inc., a Seattle-based commercial real estate brokerage.

During his career Baumberger also worked as an operations manager for Midwest Wireless, Inc., based in Indianapolis, and as a sales rep and assistant manager for Dania Furniture in Seattle.