Mark Schroeder

As Managing Member for Castlebridge Group LLC (“CG”), Mr. Schroeder has responsibility for development, engineering, procurement, and construction management services.  He has over thirty nine years experience in energy markets, general management, marketing and sales, mergers and acquisitions, engineering, and construction.  The last twenty six years have been in the energy area where he was involved in energy procurement and consulting, retail and commercial energy supply and the development and installation of power generation equipment ranging from natural gas fueled systems to solar and biomass.  He specializes in Distributed Generation strategies, energy project development and construction, and generation facility operations. Prior to his current activities with CG, Mr. Schroeder was a partner in Castlebridge Energy Group, an energy supplier in the Mid-Atlantic Region; BTU energy, a fuel oil supplier; and South River Consulting, an energy advisory consulting firm.  Prior to this, he served in various positions with Wartsila North America, Inc. (a power generation equipment manufacturer with nearly two billion in annual sales). He was General Manager of Combined Energy Systems (CES); a combined sales and marketing effort between Wartsila North America and Cummins Power Generation Americas; responsible for the successful development of the gas reciprocating engine market in the US, Canada, and Mexico; as well as a limited element of the diesel fueled product line for the Caribbean and Central America. He oversaw sales, marketing, technical support, and customer support operations. Before his involvement with CES, he held the position of General Manager, Wartsila North America Power Plants where he had  responsibility for engineering support and project execution and was a member of the Wartsila NA management team.  His Project Execution group was directly responsible for  onstructing over 480 MWs of power generation. Mr. Schroeder began his career as a chemical engineer for FMC Corporation and a design engineer for Westinghouse Electronic Systems group and is a holder of 5 US patents.