Craig Dawson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Lockbox, Inc. Over thirteen years ago, Dawson founded Retail Lockbox, Inc., a company specializing in payment processing, and digital image capture and retrieval services.

Prior to founding Retail Lockbox, Dawson was a Senior Sales Executive with Unisys Corporation. Unisys is an international provider of computer and systems solutions. At Unisys, he held a number of progressive positions in sales capacities, where he sold mainframe computers and designed software solutions for major accounts in the software, interactive entertainment, transportation, publishing, and other technology arenas.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Dawson graduated from the University of Washington School of Business. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Washington Roundtable, the BOLD Initiative Advisory Board, the Evergreen Bank Board, the Community Development Roundtable (CDRT), the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Urban Enterprise Center (UEC), the University of Washington Business and Economic Development Center (UW BEDC) Committee, Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Committee, the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center (CHRMC) Hematology/Oncology Family Advisory Board, and is an active member of the Rotary of Downtown Seattle. He is also the immediate past President of Tabor 100, an organization which focuses on creating initiatives for CEO's of minority-owned businesses.

Walt Townes is Vice President and CO-Founder of Retail Lockbox, Inc. Over ten years ago, Townes Co-founded Retail Lockbox, a company specializing in payment processing, and digital image capture and retrieval services.

Townes currently is focused on electronic payment processing and development of new technologies for the company. Credit card processing, electronic check, and secure pay buttons for client's web sites.

Prior to co-founding Retail Lockbox, Townes developed and built homes and apartments in Washington. He developed a consistent track record of performance and his financial savvy and contract negotiation skills developed credibility with local lending and investment community. He also spent time at Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate, Sales and Leasing Agent for several years. Townes also co-founded Aquatic Plant Control Inc., the first company in the U.S. to use bottom screening for controlling aquatic plant growth.

Born in Seattle, Washington, Townes graduated from the University of Washington School of Business Administration.

Sue West is Vice President of Operations & Business Development. Sue joined Retail Lockbox, Inc in 2001 as the Vice President, Business Development and has since expanded her role to include Operations as well.

Her experience covers myriad of operations, marketing and finance assignments during 30 years in the telecommunications industry. Sue has successfully led many large teams through significant changes in both strategic direction and technology shifts. Sue graduated from the University of Washington with an MBA.

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Sheldon D. Barnett is Chief Information Officer of Retail Lockbox, Inc. His background includes thirty years in Programming, System Analysis, System Design, Installation, Technical Support, Project Management, and Consulting. He has held positions at Mentor Consultants, Burroughs, Shared Medical Systems, DDI, and Interax.

Barnett is an expert in the field of payment processing and has experience in developing systems in a multitude of languages. Some of the system designs are in the area of Banking, Financial Services, Health Care, Judiciary, Manufacturing, Government (State, Federal), International Banking, Retail Point of Sale, and Energy Management. He has designed and implemented check processing solutions for First Wachovia Bank, Chase Bank, Bank of New York, and the Bank of Montreal. He owned his own consulting company for 25 years.

Born in Pennsylvania, Barnett has a B.S. in Mathematics from the Florida Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Operations Research from Florida Institute of Technology as well.

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