Executive Management Team

Larry T. Uyeda – President and Chief Executive Officer

As CEO, Mr. Larry T. Uyeda directs a full scope of development, finance and acquisition services backed by more than 30 years of real estate development experience.

Beginning his career in the financial industry, working with financial institutions and investors, and expanding his opportunities to office and retail centers, high-rise office buildings, mixed-use developments and hotels, Uyeda gained a reputation for developing properties that worked within each of the communities they served.

Over the past three decades, Uyeda successfully completed more than 2 billion dollars in major developments, with his premiere property being, The Greater Los Angeles World Trade Center in downtown Long Beach, a public/private partnership. Completing a number of build-to-suit developments and specializing in assisting and establishing global business partnerships in the Pacific Rim, Uyeda works with federal, state, local and international governments on design development and construction projects, while also attracting and organizing trade, real estate, financing and development opportunities.

Mr. Uyeda expanded JCA’s scope in the international trade arena with the formation of the JCA de Mexico offices in Mexcio City and Guadalajara and creating a trade division for JCA which handles trade and product marketing between Japan, China and the Americas.

Mr. Uyeda serves on the board of the World Trade Center Association/Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, organizations serving the southland’s five county region and its business communities. Uyeda also serves on numerous community and non-profit boards throughout the Greater Long Beach and Los Angeles areas.

Stephen J. Holloway – Chief Financial Officer

As CFO of JCA Resources, Holloway directs all accounting, financial and investment activities in Mexico and the United States. With over 20 years in financial accounting, and property management, Holloway’s career brings extensive experience in real estate development, financial management and deal structuring to JCA. Mr. Holloway previously has worked for companies such as IDM with its 100 affiliated corporations, joint ventures and limited partnerships and Kajima Corporation of Japan, one of the largest construction companies in the world. Holloway’s work on major real estate developments in the southern California area and his experience in the financial and property management disciplines needed for these types of development projects gives JCA clients a global edge with regional focus.

Mr. Holloway directs JCA's operations in the development of environmentally sustainable building under the USA Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system.

David Zanatta – Senior Vice President Marketing

Zanatta brings more than 25 years of corporate marketing and communications to the JCA Resources team. Zanatta’s experience in international trade, marketing, public affairs, public relations and communications adds a strategic advantage in developing new business for each of JCA’s clients on a global basis. Zanatta’s background covers executive positions and work at major ports on the west and east coast as well as working with large commercial and residential developers throughout the southern California region. Mr. Zanatta successfully produces programs and develops trade, real estate and marketing programs in both the public and private sectors. His experience adds to the senior level communications skills JCA Resources brings to its clients.

Ing. Salvador Bobadilla – President, JCA Resources Latin American Operations

As president of JCA’s Latin American Operations, Bobadilla is responsible for the management and implementation of cross border projects involving JCA’s offices in California, Japan, China and Mexico. With his technical background in engineering, design, development, finance and construction, Bobadilla has been involved in projects such as electric power plants, transportation systems (air, rail and vehicular), telecommunications, water reclamation systems, sewage treatment systems, and environmental projects both in the USA and in Mexico.

Mr. Bobadilla is chairman and co-founder of the Long Beach Guadalajara Friendship City Alliance and the Long Beach Chapter of AMME (Worldwide Association of Mexicans Abroad). He also serves on the board of the California Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.

 Wendy Chou – Vice President, Asia Operations

Ms. Chou joined the company as Vice President of Asia Operations. Previously, Ms. Chou held various management positions at Lucent Technologies responsible for business and technical sales issues in the Greater China region for data networking products. Prior to Lucent, Wendy Chou worked closely with AT&T as a Business Partner managing e-business projects for multi-national companies such as AT&T Wireless, Fairchild Fasteners, and SNUGTOP.

Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, with a family heritage from Shanghai, China, Ms. Chou comes from three generations of international trade with extensive contacts in Japan, China, and Taiwan.

Gisela Garcia McLean – JCA Project Manager, US/Latin American Operations

Ms. Garcia McLean serves as a JCA Project Manager and coordinates JCA’s Latin American Operations. Working with Mexican and American companies, Ms. Garcia manages JCA’s importing and exporting projects throughout the Pacific Rim.

Ms. Garcia McLean responsibilities include developing JCA marketing programs and business development opportunities with companies in Mexico who are importing and exporting to U.S and Asian markets. Garcia identifies high potential markets, devises market entry strategies and establishes effective distribution programs targeting Hispanic markets in the greater Southern California.