David Alan Schwedel


David Alan Schwedel is an American SME investor known for financing businesses. Schwedel serves as an executive in multiple American companies in the manufacturing, petrochemical, energy and marine industry including Gables Energy Partners, CRG, Encina Development Group, Electrolytic Technologies, and Corallum. He is also the founder and executive of Encina.

Career

Schwedel made his first steps at 12 in the marine industry working in monthly maintenance and detailing. Afterwards, he worked with various boat manufacturers, including Intrepid, Cigarette, and Bertram over several years. Schwedel began his corporate finance career in 1986 at the OLMC group of companies, a Miami venture capital firm. During his tenure at this company, he served as senior vice president and member of their investment committee. In 2005, Schwedel founded DAS Family Holdings, L.P., a holding and investment limited partnership in industries including energy technology, and corporate finance. He served the State of Florida on the Technology Leadership Council. Schwedel is a member and advocate of several Florida charitable organizations including the Florida Children's Home Society, Miami Waterkeeper, Miami Children's Hospital, and the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science.
Schwedel serves as an executive in multiple companies in North America, including:
  • CEO and director of Gables Energy Partners, LLC, a North American energy and chemical technology company.
  • Chairman of the board of directors, executive director, and lead investor for Encina Development Group LLC.
  • Executive director of CRG, Ltd., an integrated coal technology company, specializing in coal technologies and waste coal recovery.
  • Executive director of Electrolytic Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer of equipment related to chemicals for water and waste water treatment.
  • Founder of Corallum, its principal, director, general partner and also a managing member, a diversified holding and investment enterprise.
  • Founder of Florida Marine Management in 1992, a B2B platform for the marine industry. Since then, he serves as its chairman, C.E.O and president from 1992 to December 24, 2002.
  • Since 2015, he served as chairman of the board of trustees for Miami Waterkeeper, which supports Biscayne Bay, its watershed, and wildlife. Along with his wife Maria Schwedel, he is the founder and inaugural Co-Chair of Miami Waterkeeper's Board of Trustees.
  • Executive director and founder of Encina, a company that extracts BTX/P from recycled plastics.