Mr Schaff has over 27 years of experience in the oil, gas, and mining land services industry. Most recently, he served as the landman team leader and senior staff landman for Williams Production RMT Company, where he was responsible for providing land support for the negotiation, closing and drilling of all exploration projects in the Rocky Mountain region of the US, as well as providing land support for the development program in the Piceance Basin.

His earlier experience includes vice president and land manager of Nova Natural Resources and consulting landman for US Borax.