Ramazan Demirli

Dr. Ramazan Demirli is a senior R&D leader with two decades of experience delivering novel smart consumer devices and software to improve health, wellness, and fitness. Most notably, he was Senior Director of R&D at Sleep Number Labs (of the unicorn corp. Sleep Number), where he developed the core ML-based algorithms powering the first-ever IoT smart bed. He has also held numerous other leadership roles, including as VP of Data Science at Arable (Series B) and co-founder & Chief Scientist at Ciye, a maker of smart swim goggles.

Ramazan has published more than 50 research articles, disclosed inventions for 16 patents, and chaired several IEEE conferences. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.

Outside of work, Ramazan enjoys listening to jazz, exploring city landmarks and museums, and reading about the history of civilizations.