Key Team Members

(Principal Investor, President & CEO, Global Developement)

Mr. Caffyn has a strong personal interest in developing environmentally friendly renewable energy which has resulted in a dedication to uncovering new technologies, business models and financing that rapidly expand the deployment of renewable energy projects. To that end, Brian is the Chairman of the UPC Solar & UPC Renewables Group of Companies and has directed the development of Wind and Solar projects in the US, Canada, Europe, China, Philippines and Indonesia amongst other locations. Brian was the founder and inaugural Chairman of UPC Wind (subsequently First Wind and recently acquired by Sun Edison for $2.5bn) and previously Brian personally oversaw the establishment and construction of the largest wind energy company in Italy — Italian Vento Power Corporation. In addition, Brian is also a Founding Partner of UPC Capital Ventures and was President of Wind City Oil & Gas (recently sold to Penn View Exploration). Brian spent the first part of his career in project financing for wind, cogeneration, hydro, solar, geothermal, waste-to-energy and biomass energy projects with GE Capital, Heller Financial, Inc., and several private companies. Brian received a BA in Finance and Quantitative Methods from Babson College.

(Accounting, Financial Reporting, Indonesia, Solar)

Blanca is responsible for managing the accounting department and financial reporting for the various portfolio companies within the UPC group. She also provides support with financial analysis and special projects to the CFO.  Blanca is currently also engaged in the financial management of some of our Asian subsidiaries, specifically in Indonesia.  Blanca has over 15 years experience in accounting and financial analysis. Prior to joining the UPC group, she worked at World Fuel Services Corporation in the Business Controls Group as an internal auditor (SOX compliance). Her responsibilities included the main offices in Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior to that Blanca worked at Ericsson Corporation, starting in Mexico City where she held different positions including that as Senior Financial Analyst for the Latin America Region at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Int., AB.   Blanca holds a Bachelors degree in Accounting (CPA in Mexico) and a Diploma for Continued Education in Finance from Technological University of Mexico.

(Accounting, Financial Reporting, Source Water USA)

Doug is a Certified Public Accountant with over 30 years of experience in accounting and taxes with individuals and private industry. Doug joined UPC to support its, wholly owns subsidiary, Source Water USA. Doug’s responsibilities include accounting and tax support for various portfolio companies within the UPC group. Prior to joining UPC group, Doug started his career in Philadelphia working for several Public Accounting firms the largest being, Fishbein & Company which merged with WeiserMazars , as an Audit and Tax Senior, then joined Weda Developers, Inc. a multi-million dollar, closely-held, real estate developer, as their Controller .  Afterwards he became a CPA Consultant for several private companies the largest being J & D Financial Corporation, a multi- million dollar company in the factoring industry, as a Controller Consultant. Doug received from Temple University his Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Caleb Avery, Associate provides financial and strategic analysis to various UPC projects, currently focusing on the Asia Wind development portfolio. He has a strong background in Finance and Entrepreneurship. For the past five years, he has served as CFO of PayBright Merchant Services, a startup credit card processing company. He was responsible for managing company finances, payroll, and budgeting. During his time with PayBright, Caleb managed hundreds of accounts across the United States. Caleb has spent the last year working Internationally for UPC performing financial modeling for various UPC Projects. Caleb received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Furman University.

(Executive Support, Human Resources, Contracts & Legal)

Indira is responsible for providing assistance in areas of insurance, office management, human resources and the overall administrative support of the management team.  She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. For more than ten years, she has held similar positions where she has successfully handled corporate processes and personal activities for top management executives of publicly and privately held corporations in Los Angeles, New York and Miami. She has demonstrated her operations and management professionalism in legal, large-scale manufacturing & distribution, energy and health related industries such as Elizabeth Arden, InterGen and University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Indira is a Florida Notary Public. She holds a Masters degree in Liberal Studies from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL, a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL. and an Associate’s degree in Office Systems Management from Berkeley College in West Patterson, New Jersey.