Ep 125 - Sleep Number: What to Consider in Buying a Good Quality Mattress with Rajasi Mills and Cassie Morris, PhD

OVERVIEW

What kind of mattress are you sleeping on?

According to National Sleep Foundation’s survey in 2010, about 93% of people says that a comfortable mattress is important for them to get a good quality sleep. But do you know the essentials that you need to evaluate to say you have the right mattress?

In today’s episode, we have Rajasi Mills and Cassie Morris from Sleep Number, an American manufacturer that makes comfortable beds and bedding accessories.

Rajasi is the VP of Sleep IQ Health at Sleep Number. Prior to joining the company, she worked in product development at LifeScan and Johnson & Johnson. She is an experienced technical leader with over 25 years of experience in digital strategy, connectivity, and application development. Rajasi has been successful in implementing web and mobile digital platforms, enabling analytics and insight-driven decisions. She has been instrumental in driving efficiency and quality by establishing global agile teams, partnerships, and integration approaches.

Cassie is the VP of Innovation Strategy & Business Ventures at Sleep Number. She joined the company in 2020 to help accelerate its evolution into a connected health player and leader in sleep innovation. Cassie has 15+ years’ experience in the medical device industry. Prior to joining Sleep Number, she worked at Medtronic for almost seven years, where she was involved in the research and development of the company’s pipeline and emerging technologies.

Join us as we discover the features and benefits of Sleep Number beds. Plus, how their research and data could potentially help in detecting symptoms of COVID and flu.

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WHAT WILL WE LEARN

03:00 The factors to consider in buying a good quality mattress
07:00 How technology can help in improving your sleep
13:29 The correlation of sleep pattern to COVID and flu according to Sleep Number’s research
20:26 Sleep Number’s useful feature that could save you from anxiety caused by sleep trackers
28:00 How Sleep Number beds can help you detect possible health conditions that needs attention
32:00 What motivates Sleep Number to continuously enhance their products