BEDFORD,
Mass., Jan. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- iRobot
Corp. (NASDAQ: IRBT), a leader in consumer robots, today
announced that Kevin Lanouette has been named Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, effective January 17, 2025. Tonya
Drake, the Company's Executive Vice President and General
Counsel, will transition to an advisory role ending March 7, 2025.
"I'd like to thank Tonya for her many years of service to
iRobot," said Gary Cohen, iRobot
CEO. "Her legacy of tenacity and rigor in protecting the iRobot
Company and our brand has been exemplary."
"Kevin is a seasoned and highly skilled attorney whose
experience in advising on complex corporate and securities,
commercial, M&A and IP protection matters will be invaluable as
we execute our strategic initiatives and work toward a return to
profitable growth," said Cohen.
Formerly, Mr. Lanouette was a Partner at OutsideGC, a
Boston-based law firm, where he
specialized in providing strategic legal counsel to clients at all
stages of development and across a broad range of industries,
including technology development, software and services and
healthcare. Previously, he served as Assistant General Counsel at
Analog Devices, Inc., a leading global semiconductor manufacturer,
from 2006 to 2020, where he had responsibility for several critical
legal functions, including corporate, SEC and securities matters,
IP licensing and technology transfers, M&A and investments,
global commercial transactions, and governance and compliance
issues.
He is a graduate of the University of
Maine and Harvard Law
School.
About iRobot Corp.
iRobot is a global consumer
robot company that designs and builds thoughtful robots and
intelligent home innovations that make life better. iRobot
introduced the first Roomba robot vacuum in 2002. Today, iRobot is
a global enterprise that has sold more than 50 million robots
worldwide. iRobot's product portfolio features technologies and
advanced concepts in cleaning, mapping and navigation. Working from
this portfolio, iRobot engineers are building robots and smart home
devices to help consumers make their homes easier to maintain and
healthier places to live. For more information about iRobot, please
visit www.irobot.com.
For iRobot Investors
Certain statements made in this
press release that are not based on historical information are
forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. This press release contains express or implied
forward-looking statements relating to iRobot Corporation's
expectations concerning executive transitions and execution of the
company's strategy. These statements are neither promises nor
guarantees, but are subject to a variety of risks and
uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated
in these forward-looking statements. Existing and prospective
investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.
iRobot undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information
contained in this press release, whether as a result of new
information, future events or circumstances or otherwise. For
additional disclosure regarding these and other risks faced by
iRobot, see the disclosure contained in our public filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission including, without limitation,
our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q.
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