Who We Are

Mr. Eschrich has extensive experience as a corporate attorney with a background in international trade, tax and corporate finance to name a few areas. He has served as Chief Executive Officer of several major international start-ups, the last one being Integrated Sat/Com Corporation which had him partnering with the Russian Space Agency on a Low Earth Orbit Satellite (LEOSat) System known as Gonets. Mr. Eschrich’s current undertaking started out in the solar arena of the renewable energy sector and has now progressed to that of a well-established international EPC contractor. The IPV Energy Family of companies are all part of a broad international undertaking which he is responsible for founding and managing to its current operational state. Mr. Eschrich’s capabilities as a visionary have led the IPV family of companies into a wide array of application specific endeavors. Mr. Eschrich holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and business administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a Juris Doctorate in law from Ohio Northern University. Mr. Eschrich also served in the United States Marine Corps and has held several positions within the United States Government over his professional career.

Bill is an accomplished waste and wastewater and reuse expert having been with the Clark County Water Reclamation District since graduating from college. Bill has worked his way through the ranks at the district before retiring and joining IPV Energy as Vice President of International Wastewater & Solid Waste Programs. Bill has vetted every conceivable option in the treatment of waste and brings a wealth of insight to the team that vertically integrates his specialty with the renewable energy programs we engineer and build. Bill’s innovative ideas can save the clients we work with hundreds of millions of dollars and take cost centers and turn them into profit centers. Having dealt with the high flow rates of a major city, Bill has proven a decided game changer in the designing of systems that create long term employment for the countries IPV routinely works with. Water issues being a major national security issue globally, Bill brings a certain sensitivity that years of experience has cultivated, and his ideas have proven invaluable. Bill attended Northern Arizona University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Aquatic Biology with a minor in Chemistry. He holds a number of certifications from nationally recognized trade organizations and has been a professor at the Community College of Southern Nevada where he taught wastewater treatment to other professionals and young students. Bill took over the role of President in June 2023 following the untimely death of then President James Olson in late 2022. Prior to becoming President Bill worked closely with the Office of the Chairman while serving as the VP of International Wastewater & Solid Waste Programs.

Mr. Fine has been instrumental in a wide range of engineering projects over his career. As a senior engineer at Bently Nevada (the world leader in machine monitoring), and later GE Power Systems he oversaw improvements in product manufacturing and fixture design. He was instrumental in the development of the company’s global headquarters in Nevada, including the design of the manufacturing floor, and additional capital improvements. Later, as the lead mechanical engineer for Hess Microgen (a division of the Hess oil company), he developed combined heat and power installations for customers, and integrating thermal and electrical output into their new or existing energy systems. Installations ranged from 100 kW through multi megawatt systems. After founding JSF & Associates in 2005, he developed computer models for an international motor coach company to perform virtual crash testing of their large vehicles. Other projects included engine systems for alternative fuels and a wide range of general product development. In recent years he developed a line of large modular and relocatable enclosures for the commercial datacenter market. Using these modular enclosures, he designed multi-megawatt battery backup systems and datacenter arrangements for domestic and international clients. He has been a licensed professional engineer since 2005 and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

Mr. Snyder has extensive experience as a transactional attorney with a background in bankruptcy, real estate and corporate law. He has been an attorney for over 35 years. Mr. Snyder served over 10 years as an elected official in local government in the Northwest (Toledo) Ohio area and continues to serve on numerous inter-governmental boards as either citizen or non-governmental representative.

Ed has an acute personal interest in renewable energy and sustainability programs and routinely brings his acquired skill to bear on issues critical to IPV’s growth in those sectors. He has been responsible for the Africa/Caribbean region prior to becoming General Counsel and works jointly with other senior executives assigned to address general corporate transactions that relate to corporate finance and corporate wide human resources activities.

Mr. Snyder has a bachelor’s degree in political science, with an Economics minor from the former College of Arts and Sciences (now known as Language, Literature and Social Sciences) at the University of Toledo, Ohio and Juris Doctor from the College of Law at the University of Toledo, Ohio. He is licensed in the Supreme Court of Ohio and all lower state courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Mr. Bilfield is an experienced trial attorney with a background in taxation, corporate finance, trial and corporate law. He has practiced law for over 40 years in the Cleveland area and has served with G-DEX Division® both in a development capacity and now as an executive with hands-on operational trustee experience. Mr. Bilfield brings negotiating and litigation experience needed to secure the interests of lenders, insurers and borrowers in the transactions he is engaged in as an Operational Trustee and serves as the Managing Operational Trustee over all trustees at G-DEX Division®. Mr. Bilfield has a bachelor’s degree in political science and sociology from Ohio University, Ohio and Juris Doctor from the College of Law at Akron University, Akron, Ohio. He is licensed in the Supreme Court of Ohio and all lower state courts, as well as the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and the United States Supreme Court.