Mr. Schedler co-founded Condire Investors in 2012 and serves as its Managing Director. Mr. Schedler is an investment professional with a technical background and over twenty years of experience in natural resources and related industries. He serves as Portfolio Manager of Trellus Management Company, LLC. and Trellus Resource Opportunity Fund. Mr. Schedler is the Sector Head of Natural Resources Investments at Trellus in New York City. Prior to joining Trellus in 2003, he was an Investment Banker at Lehman Brothers and BT Alex Brown/Deutsche Bank, where he was focused on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. He began his career as an Officer in the US Army Corps of Engineers. He has been an Independent Director of Northair Silver Corp. since November 23, 2011 and Strategic Metals Ltd. since November 6, 2013. Mr. Schedler graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering in 1993 from Lafayette College in Easton, PA and received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1998.