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John MacFarlane
Founder and Former CEO
Sonos, Inc.
Biography
John MacFarlane is the founder and CEO of Sonos, a wireless multi-room music system enabling users to play music anywhere in the house and control it using a smartphone. Prior to Sonos, MacFarlane founded and was the CEO of Software.com, which merged with Phone.com in 2000 to create Openwave.
MacFarlane holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a master’s degree in electrical and electronics engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Education
BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara