Meet the team.
The highly skilled individuals who have helped Texas businesses save thousands already this year. When you work with UPG you get a named human — these are the people on the other end of the phone.
Daniel Hopper
Founder and CEO. Sets UPG’s market view and authors the company’s research on Texas power pricing and the policy shifts shaping business energy costs.
Bryan Jennings
Leads the UPG sales team — turning a recent energy bill into a priced, written set of contract options for Texas businesses.
Jordan Weller
Runs operations across the group, keeping procurement, account management and reporting joined up for every customer.
Melvin Jeffries
Hires, onboards and develops the UPG team, and manages executive-level portfolios for large commercial and public-sector customers — blend-and-extend deals, multi-site strategy and long-term risk.
Ryan Crawford
Structures contracts for larger and more complex loads and works closely with the CEO on customer strategy.
Avery Johnson
Keeps the sales floor running day to day and leads one of UPG’s sales teams — closing contracts directly and staying with customers after they sign, from renewal timing to keeping supplier payments on track.
Niall Monehen
Coaches the sales floor and works larger accounts directly — reaching the decision maker at corporate-owned and multi-site businesses and explaining how delivery charges shape their bill.
Scott Dean
Leads a team of energy analysts and still works the phones every day, mapping multi-location businesses — finance, facilities, accounts payable — until the right person is on the line.
Dominic Lopez
Prices customer load across UPG’s 30+ supplier panel and times the market to lock the strongest available rate.
Daesja Avery
Protects customers from billing errors and overcharges — the bill audits and TDSP reviews behind every Energy Health Check.
Terina Alexander
Watches customer accounts for supplier past-due and disconnect notices, calls before service is ever at risk, and arranges payment extensions with the supplier when a business needs more time.
Allynt Bowers
Owns everything after the signature: the welcome call that walks through your rate and contract terms, new meters added to the account, and a call from a real person if a supplier notice ever needs attention.
Christian Martinez
Checks every signed agreement before it reaches the supplier — paperwork, bills and meter details — and resolves problems early so each contract is booked exactly as the customer signed it.
Kervin Nazaire
Keeps customer accounts on track in-life: billing accuracy, market updates and renewal alerts before the window closes.
Aaron Meeyog
Makes the first call — getting past the front desk to the decision maker and setting up a follow-up for when they have a recent bill in hand.
Art Williams
Books bill-review appointments with owners and managers and follows up with a calendar invite, so a busy decision maker never has to chase.
Benjamin Akins
Gets ahead of renewals — talking to businesses whose contracts end next year, including multi-location operators across the state, so pricing is reviewed before the market moves.
Brando Mateo
Works with gyms, franchises and local businesses — finding the owner, getting a recent bill and checking in until it is ready for an analyst to review.
Brittney Freeman
Works with property managers and multi-property owners, comparing rate and term options on a portfolio contract and following up until the board has what it needs to decide.
Brooke Smith
Helps customers understand their options and answers every question along the way — singled out in customer reviews for exactly that.
Cameron Scott
Finds out when each business’s contract ends and who handles the bill — then gets that bill to the analysts for a no-obligation review.
Chris Espinoza
Works with property managers, superintendents and boards on renewals — keeping track of when each contract ends and coming back at the right time with options.
Curtis Gammage
Works through property managers and corporate offices to find who handles the energy bill, and starts the conversation that leads to a free Energy Health Check.
Diondre Allen
Runs the usage analysis behind the Energy Health Check and manages accounts through the life of the contract.
Hazel Castillo
Works with franchise and multi-location businesses, untangling which sites corporate handles and which are run locally, and gets new locations set up on the right contract.
Ian Cruz
An energy consultant Texas business owners ask for by name — Ian handles procurement end to end and is mentioned by name in several of our customer reviews.
Jake De Pasquale
Does the homework before the call — researching the locations, meters and ESIDs behind multi-site businesses — then works with owners at times that suit them.
James Gilliam
Keeps track of who manages each property and reaches new property managers early, so a change of staff never means a missed renewal.
Jayden Wells
Opens new relationships and sees them through to contract — from hotels to local businesses — bringing energy and a clear plan to every conversation.
Kyron Jones
Works with school districts, cities and purchasing departments — recording every contract end date and supplier so public bodies hear from UPG when the timing is right.
Larenz Lester
Sets up bill-review meetings with decision makers and tracks contract end dates, so customers hear about better options before their renewal deadline.
Meredith Rascoe
Takes businesses from first call to signed contract — confirming who decides, pinning down when the current deal ends and lining up the right options well ahead of renewal.
Mia Ben
Calls school districts and member organizations to find who owns the energy contract, and keeps in touch through staff changes so no renewal falls through the cracks.
Odis Booty
Works with churches, community organizations and local businesses — patiently gathering what each one needs from its electricity before recommending a contract.
Romeo Lewis
Works with larger institutional buyers — school districts, procurement and contract-administration teams — getting through to the person who manages the energy agreement.
Shay Reece
Reaches decision makers at small and mid-sized businesses every day, and follows through by email and callback until there is a bill on the table to review.
Tania Thomas
Works with car dealerships and multi-location businesses, fitting calls around payroll days and busy weeks, and makes the case for reviewing the next renewal early.
Uriel Acosta
Takes customers through the Energy Health Check and onto a contract, then keeps in touch with regular check-ins so the next renewal is never a surprise.
Victor Fincher
Talks with business owners every day — including those already locked into a contract, who get a free TDSP delivery-charge review so they know exactly what they are paying for.
William McCulloch
Works closely with churches, non-profits and their boards — fitting renewals around their decision cycles and sending clear rate proposals they can take to the next meeting.
Behind every contract, a full bench
Bringing together over 25 years of combined experience in Texas, the wider UPG team handles the analysis, the paperwork and the in-life support that make the savings real.
Customer care
The team answering the phone when you have a billing question, a supplier issue or a renewal worry — based in Lewisville, not a call center.
Energy analysts
The people behind every Energy Health Check: TDSP charge reviews, usage analysis, supplier pricing and the written recommendations.
Account management
In-life support for the length of your contract — bill audits, market movement updates and renewal alerts before the window closes.
Put the team to work on your energy bill.
Send one recent bill and an analyst will run your free Energy Health Check — then a named advisor walks you through what we found.