FOUNDED ON A MISSION TO SAVE LIVES
OUR TEAM
Shaun Tanaka, USAF (ANG), MPP, BS, BA
Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer
Shaun is the Founder, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of Castlelock Corporation. He graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, minor in Science and Technology, and Masters in Public Policy with a concentration in Business. He is a certified Range Safety Officer. Shaun is currently a military service member in the Air National Guard. Shaun is a multiple-time registered U.S. Inventor and the Primary Inventor of the Castlelock™ firearm safety device.
Matt Phillips, USA
Director of Business Development
Matt served 12 years in US Army Special Operations. He served as a Special Forces Weapons Sergeant and Intelligence Sergeant, with deployments to Afghanistan, Ukraine, and Georgia. He has performed the duties of an Intelligence Sergeant, Assistant Team Sergeant, Senior Weapons Sergeant, and Battalion Operations NCO.
Dr. Thomas Mackin, PhD, MS, BS
Chief Technology Officer and Board of Directors Member
Dr. Mackin served as an American Society of Mechanical Engineers Executive Office Fellow in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. He was the White House Liaison and Technology Policy Analyst for the National Nanotechnology Initiative. He was the Founding Director of the Illinois Homeland Security Research Center. He became a faculty member at the Center for Homeland Defense and Security at the Naval Post Graduate School (NPS). Dr. Mackin was also an on-screen and technical expert for the Discovery Channel.
Jim Weisenstein, MS, BS
Chief Financial Officer and Board of Directors Member
Jim has over 40 years of industry experience in building and managing businesses. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Masters of Engineering from Cornell University. Jim was an executive at Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC). Currently, he is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Santa Cruz County Bank and is a business advisor for social good companies.
Chris Lowe, MBA, BS
Advisory Board Member
Chris is an accomplished business leader with 30 years of experience, the past 20 of which are in C-suite executive-level roles at various public and private technology companies. He brings extensive strategic and operational expertise. Chris has successfully raised over $1B in financing, led 4 NASDAQ IPOs, completed $1.4B in mergers and acquisitions, and served as the founding Managing Partner of a diversified venture fund with over $250M assets under management.
Dan Baum, MS, AB
Advisory Board Member
Dan is an experienced entrepreneur and business innovator. He completed his undergraduate at Dartmouth College where he received a degree in Engineering Science and went on to earn his Masters at Cornell University in Computer Science. Dan’s professional background in digital imaging and his passion for photography ultimately guided him towards founding Shutterfly, Inc (SFLY).
Captain George Dom, USN (Ret), MA, AB
Advisory Board Member
Captain Dom, former naval officer and aviator, was an instructor and pilot at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (Topgun), commanding officer/flight leader of the Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), commander of Carrier Air Wing Seven embarked in the USS Eisenhower and USS John F. Kennedy, and division chief on the strategic planning staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in Economics and Naval Science with graduate studies in National Security Strategy at the National Defense University. He is currently the COO of ACI Jet.
Barry Lieberman, MBA, BS
Advisory Board Member
Barry is an expert in digital marketing, business development, operations, and go-to-market execution. He founded and led a national marketing services firm working with clients including Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO), HP (NYSE: HPQ), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), IBM (NYSE: IBM), and Northrup Grumman (NYSE: NOC). He helps businesses grow by implementing processes to achieve their expansion goals. Barry is a General Partner in Central Coast Ventures.