About Us
Our Management Team
Chase Weir | Chief Executive Officer
Chase Weir is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. A serial entrepreneur, he has raised $40 million in angel, seed, series A/B/C equity and debt commitments in Principal, CEO and Chairman roles for TinselVision, Readiness Company, ASI Entertainment and Consumer Dynamics.
Mr. Weir founded and Chairs the EarthShot Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to accelerating clean energy adoption in the US, and serves on ACORE’s Leadership Council and Speakers Bureau. He previously served as an executive-in-residence to a global renewable energy portfolio in Dubai, UAE, and was senior advisor to over $100 million of renewable development and generation projects in the US and Germany.
Rafael Alfonzo | Chief Operating Officer
Rafael Alfonzo is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Alfonzo is responsible for the day-to-day management of the company’s activities, including design, engineering, and construction of the solar systems and the operations & maintenance of commissioned systems.
Mr. Alfonzo previously practiced law at an AmLaw 100 law firm, where he specialized in regulatory compliance and commercial litigation in areas of finance, real estate, and technology. He is admitted to the Bar in California, the District of Columbia, Florida, and New York. Mr. Alfonzo was also an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Jeff Weiss | Managing Director of SEICs
Jeff Weiss is co-founder and Managing Director of D-Sun’s Solar Energy Investment Companies (SEIC’s). Mr. Weiss leads capital formation activities for SEIC’s, the entities that own and operate the company’s solar assets. He also plays an active management and oversight role at D-SUN.
Mr. Weiss has founded, managed and led many companies as General Manager, CFO, CMO, Board Member and venture investor. Among them are Trust Strategy Group, a $10MM strategic intelligence firm, Picture Network International (sold to Kodak in 1997), CDx (Certificate of Deposit Exchange) and Vista Information Technologies (a $100MM network services firm).
Rich Hozik | Chief Financial Officer
Rich Hozik is Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Hozik has over 30 years of financial and operations experience and is a Partner in Hozik & Lawson, a CPA and financial services firm in Northern Virginia that serves high-tech and energy firms. He has served as Chief Financial Officer and Divisional CEO to a number of publicly traded and privately held companies.
During his career, Mr. Hozik has led or participated in the raising of more than $3 billion of private/public equity and debt and has also been the lead or participated in over 50 M&A transactions. Mr. Hozik began his career with the international accounting firm of Arthur Andersen, LLP.
Joan Hooke | Director of Development
Joan Hooke is the Director of Development, and is responsible for identifying and executing on new project and portfolio opportunities for the company. She also plays an active management role in the areas of risk mitigation, and process management.
Ms. Hooke previously founded TerraHooke Partners, a boutique real estate investment and development firm, led a retail development business for Trammell Crow Company, and headed the US real estate operations for IKEA. Ms Hooke began her career as an attorney at Drinker Biddle. She is a LEED AP, a licensed broker, and is admitted to the Bar in Pennsylvania.
Dairo Isomura | Senior Director of Finance
Dairo Isomura is the Senior Director of Finance, responsible for the day-to-day activities of the Finance Department including financial analysis, planning, reporting, deal structuring and execution.
Mr. Isomura previously worked as an originator for WestLB AG’s Global Energy Group out of their New York office. There, he focused on deal origination and execution of structured finance transactions in the renewable energy, traditional power, oil and gas, and biofuels sectors. Mr. Isomura has led or participated in over $5 billion of closed transactions.
Mr. Isomura holds a Master of Business Administration from the Yale School of Management, as well as undergraduate degrees in Economics and Public Policy Studies from Duke University. Prior to his graduate studies, Mr. Isomura worked at JPMorgan Chase for five years in their Investment Bank and Private Wealth Management businesses.
