Sonos today named interim CEO Tom Conrad as its permanent CEO, officially replacing Patrick Spence after he stepped down back in January.Spence was CEO of Sonos for eight years, and he oversaw the disastrous app redesign that disappointed Sonos customers due to missing features and poor performance.Sonos had to delay product launches in order to focus on fixing the app, and ultimately laid off 100 employees.
Tom Conrad co-founded music service Pandora, and he was vice president of product at Snap and Chief Product Officer at Quibi.He also served on the Sonos board before being appointed interim CEO.Sonos was searching for a replacement CEO, but Conrad has been successful turning things around at Sonos over the past six months.
Conrad has been named Sonos' CEO, and he will also remain on the Board of Directors.Sonos was able to improve its app and launch the Sonos Ace headphones and the Sonos Arc Ultra soundbar under Conrad's leadership.Conrad said that he is excited to "move from rebuilding to imagining the next generation of experiences."