Meet Our Team
The California Solar Experts
Our commitment to quality is something that has been ingrained in our company’s practices since the beginning. We are a full-service solar company that strives to make clean, renewable energy the norm throughout all of California.
If you are interested in learning more about our services, give our team of skilled specialists a call today at (888) 815-6633.
Ivan La Frinere-Sandoval, CEO
Ivan graduated from Caltech with a BS in Mechanical Engineering and Finance and received his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Renzo Castillo, COO & CXO
Prior to founding SolarUnion, Renzo worked in the real estate/project finance and investment banking industries for over five years as both a sell-side advisor and buy-side investor. While at Centerline Capital Group, a leading tax credits equity investor and syndicator, Renzo directed critical projects including the acquisition, structuring and asset management of $500mm developments in the affordable housing space. At Citigroup Alternative Assets, Renzo advised on transactions and provided leveraged financing to the largest private equity funds in the world. Renzo was also part of the mergers and acquisitions team at Credit Suisse, based in New York, where he managed the financial due diligence for and executed $1.7bn cross-border transactions.
Renzo graduated with honors from the University of California at Berkeley with a BS in Economics and received his MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Robert Toigo Fellow. Renzo holds dual nationality in Peru and the U.S.
“SolarUnion was large enough to give me the level of comfort I needed that they would stand behind their 25-year output warranty as they advertised, yet still small/boutique enough to take a job that was too complicated for anyone else.”
