Overview
Sam Bowen serves as Vice President Hardware at Sandbar as of September 2025 [1][3]. Bowen has built and led high performance engineering teams across Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Asia, with experience in high volume product development, wearables, connected fitness, robotics, and R&D, having led development of first of a kind products at Palm, Amazon Lab126, Fitbit and Peloton [2]. Bowen's career includes roles as Senior Vice President of Hardware at Peloton Interactive from November 2019 to February 2022 [6], Vice President of Hardware at Tonal from November 2017 to November 2019 [7], and Director of Hardware at Amazon Lab126 from August 2007 to May 2014 [9]. Bowen holds a Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering from Cardiff University [11].
Profile introduction
I have built and led high performance engineering teams in Silicon Valley, New York, Europe and Asia and have been fortunate enough to lead the development of many first of a kind products at Palm, Amazon Lab126, Fitbit and Peloton. I have experience in high volume product development, wearables, connected fitness, robotics, R&D and getting products from roadmap to production. I hire great people and build engineering cultures with a focus on Quality, Execution, Empowerment and Innovation.
Career history
- Vice President HardwareSep 2025 to presentSandbar
- Engineering and Product DevelopmentFeb 2022 to presentDensity3
- Vice President of EngineeringAug 2022 to Feb 2025Aescape
- Senior Vice President, HardwareNov 2019 to Feb 2022Peloton Interactive
- Vice President, HardwareNov 2017 to Nov 2019Tonal
- Vice President, HardwareJun 2014 to May 2017Fitbit
- Director, HardwareAug 2007 to May 2014Amazon Lab126
- Director, Systems EngineeringMay 2006 to Aug 2007webOS
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree, Electronic Engineering1994 - 1997Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
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