Meet our leadership
Our founding team is passionate about land conservation and expanding acesss to outdoor recreation. As avid outdoorsmen, we're dedicated to preserving natural spaces and wildlife for future generations to enjoy.
Justin Neal
Founder
Raised in rural North Carolina, Justin’s love for the outdoors began at an early age. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he served as a Ranger with the elite 75th Ranger Regiment. Through his military service, Justin honed his leadership skills, discipline, and determination. In 2022, he channeled these qualities into founding SABO Outdoors, combining his passion for the outdoors with his business acumen to create a company with a greater purpose. As an advocate for outdoor conservation and sustainability, Justin is dedicated to preserving natural spaces and wildlife for future generations to enjoy. His commitment to protecting the environment ensures that the beauty and adventure of the outdoors remain accessible for years to come, leaving a meaningful impact for his children and the wider community.
Taylor Cassat
Co-Founder
Taylor Cassat is a Navy Special Operations veteran with over a decade of experience in operations management and cybersecurity. Taylor served with the National Security Agency and Navy SEAL Teams as a senior intelligence analyst, collecting information to plan kinetic action against high-level targets of interest. Taylor deployed three times with Navy SEAL Teams to Africa and Afghanistan. After departing the military in 2021, Taylor has worked exclusively with startups for growth and partnership development. Taylor is a passionate outdoorsman from the state of Arkansas, the duck hunting capital of the world. He spends his duck seasons on the Cache River with his black lab, Kayce. SABO Outdoors is Taylor’s way to help influence the conservation of those natural resources he holds so dear – both the waterfowl and GTRs of Arkansas as they both continue to have impact from commercial development and overharvesting.