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Our Mission
To help reunite humanity with sleep.
The Future is BRYTE
For the last 100 years technology has been fighting with a million years of evolutionary biology. Rather than fight it, we have chosen to embrace modern technology to transform our sleep experience.
Our team of sleep scientists and technologists combine expertise in AI technology and sleep science to reimagine how we sleep.
Sleep is our most basic need that often goes overlooked - it’s time that changed. We got a panel of sleep experts together at Stanford Design School to discuss the importance of sleep.
The Future is BRYTE
For the last 100 years technology has been fighting with a million years of evolutionary biology. Rather than fight it, we have chosen to embrace modern technology to transform our sleep experience.
Our team of sleep scientists and technologists combine expertise in AI technology and sleep science to reimagine how we sleep.
Sleep is our most basic need that often goes overlooked - it’s time that changed. We got a panel of sleep experts together at Stanford Design School to discuss the importance of sleep.
The BRYTE Story
An entrepreneur by the name of John Tompane, and his brother, were chatting with a good friend. The friend shared the struggle his wife endured after she underwent three back surgeries following a horseback riding accident. She experienced chronic pain that kept her awake night after night. In order to get some sleep, she felt her only option was to take strong painkillers. With no healthy options, she set out to see if a new bed could bring her relief. She and her husband went through mattress after mattress, until the mattress store ultimately asked them to stop coming back.
Inspired by this story, the three friends set out to see if new technology could be harnessed to improve sleep, creating a calm, comfortable, and natural sleep environment to meet the unique needs of each individual. A few years later, John co-founded BRYTE with Ely Tsern and Jonny Farringdon, with the goal of making sleepless nights a thing of the past. They founded the company, bringing together technologists, sleep scientists, bed experts, and evangelists who are driven by our core mission of harnessing technology to help reunite humanity with sleep.
The BRYTE Story
An entrepreneur by the name of John Tompane, and his brother, were chatting with a good friend. The friend shared the struggle his wife endured after she underwent three back surgeries following a horseback riding accident. She experienced chronic pain that kept her awake night after night. In order to get some sleep, she felt her only option was to take strong painkillers. With no healthy options, she set out to see if a new bed could bring her relief. She and her husband went through mattress after mattress, until the mattress store ultimately asked them to stop coming back.
Inspired by this story, the three friends set out to see if new technology could be harnessed to improve sleep, creating a calm, comfortable, and natural sleep environment to meet the unique needs of each individual. A few years later, John co-founded BRYTE with Ely Tsern and Jonny Farringdon, with the goal of making sleepless nights a thing of the past. They founded the company, bringing together technologists, sleep scientists, bed experts, and evangelists who are driven by our core mission of harnessing technology to help reunite humanity with sleep.
Our Leadership Team
John Tompane
Co-Founder and CEO
John is an experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneur and leader of companies that include n-Lighten, Alventive, T/Maker and Greybridge. His success starts with building high-performing teams and cutting-edge technologies to conquer new markets and generate rapid growth.
Dr. Ely Tsern
Co-Founder and COO
Ely served as the vice-president and chief technologist at Rambus, leading new business and technology roadmap initiatives from concept to production, including licensing and IP development and the invention of over 180 U.S. patents.
Jonathan Farringdon
Co-Founder and CTO
With fifteen years as Director of Informatics at Jawbone and BodyMedia, Jonny has dedicated his career to creating human-centered sensor, data, and learning technologies specializing in the development of core sensor technologies that identify activity context, sleep state, energy expenditure, heart rate, respiration, and high-level physiology features from raw sensor data.
Ron LaValley
Chief Supply Chain Officer
With 30 years of experience in engineering, global logistics, and supply chain operations, prior to joining BRYTE Ron most recently served as the Senior Vice President of Operations at GoPro contributing to its rapid growth from $240M to over $1.4B in revenue in five years.
Dr. Matthew Walker
Lead Sleep Science Advisor
Dr. Walker is the Author of the international bestseller “Why We Sleep". With a degree in neuroscience and a PhD in neurophysiology, Dr. Walker currently serves as Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is also the Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science.
Reuniting humanity with sleep
The BRYTE Foundation was formed to serve and elevate our communities through sleep education, scientific research, and community partnerships. We designate $50 from every purchase of a BRYTE BED as one step closer to reuniting humanity with sleep.
