Craig Schroeder

Craig Schroeder is an accomplished executive, investor, and business coach with extensive experience developing innovative companies, and the executives and entrepreneurs who run them.
A former President of Robin Hood Ventures, Craig is skilled at identifying growth opportunities at technology-based startup companies, and enthusiastic about helping innovators turn good ideas into viable products and services.
He is chairman of the Screening Committee for technology startups, and his personal investment portfolio includes sixteen innovative companies and multiple successful exits.
Craig is the founder and general manager of Blue Skies Properties, a Delaware-based residential property development company.
He has a Master’s degree in Computer and Information Technology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology, both from the University of Pennsylvania.
Craig began his career at MBNA America, a regional bank that grew into a Fortune 500 company and became one of the world’s most successful credit card issuers.
At MBNA, he worked in every area of consumer lending, and served for ten years as a member of the company’s Senior Operating Committee.
Craig is passionate about business excellence, and is a frequent guest lecturer and business coach for entrepreneurship education programs including Penn Wharton School of Business, Penn Law, Penn Engineering, Temple University Fox School of Business, the University City Science Center, the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network, and Walnut Street Labs