Brian Sander

Brian Lee Sander (born August 24, 1963) is a former executive and iPod hardware engineer at Apple Inc.

Early life and education
Brian Sander was born in 1963 to Wendell Sander, who later became Apple Computer's first staff scientist. Following in his father's footsteps, the younger Sander received a B.S. in electrical engineering from in 1985.

Apple Computer
Brian joined his father Wendell at The Engineering Department, an independent firm doing contract work for Apple Computer. In 1989, Brian joined Apple, but soon left during the decline of the company in the 1990s.

Apple Inc.
Brian rejoined Apple in 2003 to work on the systems engineering of the iPod. He was joined by his father Wendell in July 2005 and the two collaborated on developing the volume controls of EarPods. Brian was promoted to vice president and eventually retired in 2013.

After Apple
In 2014, Sander co-founded with other former Apple engineers to develop aftermarket automobile electronics. Sander is presently semi-retired in Monterey, California.