Company Management

Smith Ridge Properties management team brings together a balance of experience in the fields of leadership, business growth, design, landscape architecture, and construction.

Craig A. Lenahan, Founder / President, USGBC Member
Prior to forming Smith Ridge Craig worked in Asia as an Operations Officer for a Tokyo/Boston based software firm. Craig's day to day responsibilities allowed him to hone the skills needed to effectively manage large projects and multiple groups throughout the world at any given time.

Craig had been involved with his family's construction businesses and New England Land Co. of Greenwich. CT. for most of his life as a carpenter, manager and officer for over 10 years. So the evolution of his career was evident with his skill set and ability to design, create and deliver a project on time and under budget.

Smith Ridge Properties has evolved into a cutting edge Green LEED Certified Construction, Design and Development Company with the foresight to see what its clients need and want in their projects.

Just to name a few of the many responsibilities that Craig has includes the overseeing of operations while personally overseeing the quality assurance of the work done is to Craig's discerning standards. With many of those projects completed in his portfolio, Craig’s scope of services extends from antique restorations, estate improvements, ground-up construction of residential green development projects to LEED Certified Developments. In charge of internal and external construction business development, Craig assembles proper teams to ensure that the client’s needs are always met. Craig’s strong leadership and communication skills help him provide exceptional service to clients and deliver projects on time and on budget.

Craig attended the University of Connecticut where he studied business and economics he also attended classes at the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T in Cambridge Massachusetts.

William Schloth, Consulting Chief Financial Manager, CPA, MBA

Mr. Schloth has been working with Craig Lenahan for the past fifteen years. He has been investing in and advising private and public startup and middle market companies for over ten years. Most of this time has been spent in senior management and investment banking positions with various small to midsize financial service and brokerage firms. Mr. Schloth's investment experience includes recapitalizations, crisis turnaround situations, growth equity, mergers and acquisitions, negotiated investments into public companies and non-traditional financing. He has participated on several boards and was activity with management and asset integrations as well as divestitures. His specific industry experience includes consumer products and services, basic manufacturing, financial services and interactive marketing.

Earlier in his career Mr. Schloth held senior management positions with GE Capital, including Technical Advisor Merger and Acquisitions and Manager Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to GE Capital, Mr. Schloth spent five years with Coopers & Lybrand. Mr. Schloth also has experience as an entrepreneur, successfully co-founding then selling his own full-service brokerage firm as well as founding a specialty high-end financial and technology management consulting practice.

Mr. Schloth is a certified public accountant and has an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business in Marketing and Finance. Mr. Schloth is also a licensed securities financial principal and investment advisor. Mr. Schloth lives in Fairfield, CT. is married with four children and enjoys skiing, traveling, golfing and coaching.

Xiangqun Ding, Chief Technology Manager

Shawn Ding, started his career as a design engineer, has been a leader/director in a technology for more than fifteen years. In these management and leadership roles, he has been in helping to drive successes based on customer requirements—working on a variety of projects, as well as been responsible for architecture and technology direction.
Shawn holds Master degree of computer engineering and Bachelor degree of electrical engineering.

Megan L. Robertson, BA, Lead Designer and Buyer
Megan Robertson grew up locally in Ridgefield and Greenwich, surrounded by a family of Masons and Builders, who influenced her love of building and architecture. Prior to her joining Smith Ridge Properties, Megan has worked for renowned construction companies as well as running her own company MLR Management and Design. Over the last ten years Mrs. Robertson has worked on many projects from small kitchen remodels to new residential construction and major home renovations.

Megan graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B. A. in Economics and also attended Cambridge University in Cambridge England, where she studied Art and Design.

Richard J. Rogers, Operations Manager

Gani Buqani, Project Manager