Steven Sanders

Steven Sanders founded clear mask pioneer BendShape Mask in 2020 and sensing innovator Tactual Labs in 2012. Mr. Sanders grew Tactual from a University of Toronto spin-out into a leading vehicles sensing provider with $5MM+ in revenue and a patent portfolio spanning over 102 issued US patents. Mr. Sanders grew BendShape Mask into a leading provider of clear surgical masks to tier-1 education, medical, and commercial customers throughout North America. He is an inventor on 36 US patents spanning medical devices as well as capacitive, optical, and RF sensing hardware and software. Since 2009, he has served as a Research Analyst & Principal at Sanders Capital, a value-oriented institutional asset manager with over $75B AUM. From 2006-09, Mr. Sanders worked as a principal banker and strategist for Merrill Lynch Global Wealth management and Bank of America. Mr. Sanders graduated from Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2006.