Sonos CEO Patrick Spence Steps Down After Disastrous App Launch

Sonos Chief Executive Patrick Spence stepped down on Monday, following a tumultuous period marked by a botched app rollout that angered customers and hurt sales of its new headphones. Board member Tom Conrad, a former Pandora chief technology officer, will serve as interim CEO while the audio equipment maker searches for a permanent replacement, the company said.
Spence's departure comes eight months after Sonos released a revamped app that launched with missing features and technical problems,