Shop Akari is privileged and proud to provide America with the highest quality in renewable energy components.  Founded in 2009 and located in beautiful downtown Houston, we believe in upholding the highest ethical values, in fairness to the people we serve, and learning new ways we can contribute to our society and country's workforce as we grow.  We maintain the strictest compliance in our day-to-day operations and are a positive contributor to our environment and our economy.  Shop Akari is able to achieve our core values because of a strong team of committed people and strategic alliances with green energy partners around the world.

Frank Molina, CLCS
President

"People go green for many different reasons, but the main reason is because it can make economic sense.  Return on investments have been greatly improved by incentives and the best part about purchasing green energy improvements is that you can go home and sleep at night."

Frank Molina, Founder of Shop Akari, earned his Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Finance from the University of Texas in San Antonio.  He brings over 15 years experience in sales, production management, commercial underwriting, investment allocation, customer service and sales training, retention analysis, business plan development, small to large commercial risk evaluation for domestic and international exposures, loss control assessment, property appraisal review, and research projects.  Frank is Property & Casualty licensed in the State of Texas and holds a Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist designation certified by the National Underwriter Company.

He has rejuvenated under-performing territories and projects in various roles, developed international relationships with various business partners and overcome a wide array of challenges in multiple entrepreneurial environments.

Frank is an avid competitor and athlete receiving accolades, winning championships in various sports, and riding in several bicycle tours each year.  He also participates in the Galveston Bay Foundation as a Regular Trustee.

Vance Nobe
Vice President

"Green energy is the way of the future.  It may take many years to replace our depleting fossil fuel supplies with Renewable Energy, so we must start now.  With the many federal, state, and local incentives available, we can all start moving toward a better place to live."

Vance Nobe, Founder of Shop Akari, earned his Bachelor of Science, Majoring in Electrical Engineering with a Power Emphasis from California State Polytechnic University at Pomona.  He brings a combination of over 18 years experience in sales, engineering, project management, cost of construction development, risk management, builder's risk, construction scheduling of wind farms, photovoltaic systems, solar STE, biofuels, and other renewable technologies, and consulting.

His engineering experience includes Large Scale City Project Management, generating specifications, planning, construction,  review and approval for electrical and building systems as it relates to windstorm and power.  This applied to the Hawaii Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and other construction projects throughout the state.  Other experience includes engineering consulting for Citizens Utilities, Kauai Electric, the converted Chevron refinery in Hawaii, and the Biomass conversion of co-generation at sugar mills.

Vance has held positions such as engineering consultant, electrical specialist, windstorm specialist, account engineer, project engineer, training engineer, vice president and account executive.  He has also been a consultant to utility, conventional energy, alternate energy and various manufacturing companies.  Traveling extensively throughout the world, Vance has built client relationships and provided engineering advice throughout the United States, Latin America, and Europe.

He has been recognized with the Toastmasters International Bronze Level Award and has been asked to speak as an expert at engineering conferences and to international audiences throughout the world.

Lourdes Aguinaco, MPA
Managing Director

"Interaction with the community is key to understanding how to best implement green energy initiatives that will successfully blend with their lives.  By getting to know the people around you, you learn to love and respect them, and as a result, cater to their needs.  That way, they can benefit from a cleaner environment today, instead of passing on the burden to the next generation."

Lourdes Aguinaco graduated from the University of Houston with a double-major in Political Science and Psychology.  She later earned her Masters in Public Administration specializing in Communications Management, also from the University of Houston.  She brings experience in public policy research and community interaction and is astute at managing the firm's public relations, community relations programs, implementing corporate social responsibility standards and overseeing online retail sales and team.

Lourdes joined Shop Akari in June 2009 and has helped to lay the building blocks of a fast growing organization.  Since then she has helped improve the workplace earning us the Best Workplace for Commuters Award, recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation.  She also works on projects intended to provide and facilitate assistance to disadvantaged families.

Lourdes is Team Captain for the cycling team, Team Akari.  In this role, she takes lead organizing the team, coordinating logistics, finding sponsors, and many other functions.  She is an athlete and rides in various bicycle tours.