Don Mattingly – Founder
Don takes an active role in promoting the company and its products on a time-permitting basis. He is currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Dodgers and remains one of the most popular players in N.Y. Yankees' history. Don provides overall guidance on new product introduction using his own experience as well as his network of other major league professionals.

Jim Wells – Founder
Jim was the driver behind patenting the V-Grip™ handle and will use his deep experience in the lumber business to provide guidance and strategy for our wood bats and the wood bat market.

Skip Shaw – Founder / President
Skip recently retired from Accenture, the global consulting and outsourcing firm in which he was responsible for its global Aerospace and Defense practice, as well as its High Tech practice in the Eastern U.S. He has experience in start-ups and in 2000 and 2001 served as the acting COO of Exostar, a global B2B exchange for the Aerospace industry founded by Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and BAESystems. He holds a BBA and an MBA from the University of North Texas.

Jim Falco – CFO and VP of Back Office operations
Jim recently retired from a 29-year career with Sikorsky Aircraft rising from an accountant in the Cost Accounting department up to the role of Chief Financial Officer for the $ 2.5B corporation. Jim's expertise is in cost accounting, eBusiness, business analysis, and financial reporting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Quinnipiac University and an MS degree in Management from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Jim Bel Bruno – Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Jim brings over 13 years of Brand Marketing, Retail and Consumer Products experience including roles with the National Football League, Modell's Sporting Goods and Herman's Sporting Goods. While at the NFL he oversaw the development and execution of national advertising campaigns, launched new NFL brands and supported their multibillion dollar apparel and hard goods businesses. As VP of Marketing & Advertising at Modell's Jim oversaw all facets of the company's marketing efforts and was a member of their executive level Operating Committee. Jim holds a BS in Business Management from Montclair State University and an MBA in Marketing from Seton Hall University.

Chuck Smith – VP of Operations and Research and Development
For a leading Baseball company Chuck served as the lead Engineering Manager. His responsibilities included support of all baseball/softball bat product design activity through process development, manufacture of prototypes, and design of components. He led numerous baseball/softball bat development projects for the 2004, 2005, and 2006 seasons and implemented production process in China manufacturing facility. Chuck holds a BS, Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Tennessee Technological University