Richard Keiser

Founder & President

Richard Keiser is the founder and President of Common Energy, a leading community solar provider. Common Energy enables developers to monetize their CDG projects through a cloud-based software platform that includes customer acquisition, utility management and customer service.

Prior to founding Common Energy, Mr. Keiser was the founder and CEO of Level Solar which he led until June 2017. Mr. Keiser built Level Solar from an idea to a team of over 300 people and annual revenue over $30 million. In the process, the company closed over $100 million in solar financing transactions. Under Mr. Keiser's leadership Level Solar received numerous awards, including twice being recognized as the top residential solar installer in the United States.

Mr. Keiser previously worked for 8 years at Sanford Bernstein in New York, where he was Senior Analyst and led the Technology Strategy research. At Sanford Bernstein, he analyzed disruptive technologies to understand how new markets would develop, and used this knowledge to help portfolio and hedge fund managers outperform. In 2005, he was awarded the Sanford C. Bernstein Royal Reach Award for outstanding contributions to research.

Mr. Keiser holds two patents in computer hardware and software design. He is a graduate of MIT.