Sonos Interim CEO Says Company Has Turned a Corner and He Wants the Top Job
Sonos Ace headphones in New York.
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Sonos Inc. interim Chief Executive Officer Tom Conrad said the audio company has “turned the corner” following setbacks caused by software issues — and that he wants to be named to the top job permanently.
“I’m just feeling much more confident that we’ve turned the corner,” he said in an interview Friday. “We’ve made some real breakthroughs in the last 90 days on some deeply esoteric technical challenges.” The longtime board member stepped in as temporary chief in January after his predecessor, Patrick Spence, left following a failed app revamp mired the company in controversy.