Mr. Schroeder has served as a member of the Board of Directors of OptimisCorp since October 2012.  Mr. Schroeder was previously President and co-founder of Affinity Advisory Network.  He also was previously the host of “Retirement Boom Radio on ABC radio”, acts as financial source for the Dallas Morning News and has co-authored a financial book with a focus on retirement and personal finances titled: “Managing the Marriage Purse – a Newly Wed’s Guide to Financial Mastery”.   Mr. Schroeder earned his Bachelor Degree in marketing from Texas Tech University, started his career on Wall Street trading foreign currency for Swiss Bank of New York, is a graduate of the financial consultant program at Smith Barney and has taught personal finance at SMU’s extension program.