About
We build the layer that doesn't depend on anyone remembering.
ClassLock started with a question that would not go away: offices, hospitals and government buildings have used credentialed doors for thirty years. Why are the rooms where our children spend the day the only ones still open to whoever walks down the hall?
Mission
Every classroom door, locked by default, open to the people who belong there.
Every official investigation of a school attack ends up at a door. A door that was propped. A door with a lock that was reported broken and never fixed. A substitute teacher without a key. A teacher who stepped into the hallway to lock the door and did not come back. The pattern is not a hardware failure. It is the reasonable, predictable failure of asking people to do a security job under the worst stress of their lives.
ClassLock removes the person from the loop. The school already knows, to the minute, who is supposed to be in every room. We turn that knowledge into a door that is already locked, opens with a tap for the right people, and never, ever locks anyone in.
We are deliberately not building a surveillance company. No cameras, no AI watching students, no body scanners. A door that works.
Company
Modus Novus, Inc.
ClassLock is a product of Modus Novus, Inc. The system and method for context‑aware classroom access control is the subject of a U.S. non‑provisional patent application filed in September 2025 (patent pending).
How we work with schools
- We design the system and the software and certify local installers.
- Your existing door‑hardware or access‑control contractor installs it.
- Your fire marshal reviews it. We supply the package.
- We measure results in drills and climate surveys, and publish what districts allow.
Investors and partners
Modus Novus is building ClassLock with its founders' capital and its first pilot districts. We welcome conversations with investors, door‑hardware and access‑control manufacturers, and integrators who want to be part of the first deployments. Write to info@getclasslock.com or use the contact form and choose "Investor or partner conversation".
Founders
The team
Ken Greenwood
Co‑Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Entrepreneur and technology strategist who has spent decades at the intersection of systems architecture, software and product development, leading ventures in software, creative media and intellectual property. At ClassLock, Ken leads product vision and platform strategy: a security architecture that fits how schools actually run.
Scott Dent
Co‑Founder and President
Brings extensive experience in military operations, security strategy and safety systems, from environments where operational security and rapid response are critical. Scott's conviction shaped ClassLock: safety has to be designed into the structure, not left to human reaction in the moment. He leads operations, deployment planning and partnerships with schools and safety professionals.
Jurgen Vollrath
Co‑Founder and Chief Legal Officer
Intellectual property attorney and technology counsel with more than two decades advising technology companies and startups on patent strategy, portfolio development and IP commercialization, including service as fractional in‑house patent counsel. At ClassLock, Jurgen oversees patent strategy and the protection of the company's technology.
Press and podcasts
Talk with us about classroom doors
We are available for interviews, panels and podcasts on school safety, access control, life‑safety codes and the economics of security technology. Our founders can speak to why detection‑based systems have under‑delivered, what the investigations of Uvalde, Parkland, Oxford and Apalachee have in common, and what it takes to get a classroom‑door project through a fire marshal.
Press kit
Available on request
- Logo files and brand guidelines
- Founder biographies and portraits
- One‑page overview and technical brief
- System photography and the explainer video
- Sourced fact sheet on locked classroom doors