Capital directedClean-energy infrastructure
Keith Modzelewski turns technical proof into commercial momentum.
Pipeline builtFrom zero sales team
New business21 ZEISS contracts
Quota attainedSolarCity builder channel
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The throughline
Make difficult things easier to buy.
The work is not simplifying the technology. It is building the commercial system around it: a buyer-specific story, evidence that travels, and a revenue motion the company can repeat without the founder in every room.
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Selected proof
Five environments.
One commercial instinct.
Enter ambiguity. Find the buying signal. Build the motion. Produce the number.
Drag to explore
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The method
Proof → Pipeline
A four-stage commercialization engine built through execution, not theory.
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Extract signal
Find the buyer, the friction, and the evidence that actually changes the decision.
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Translate narrative
Turn technical truth into the business case the buyer can carry into the room.
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Build the engine
Design the offer, qualification gates, channels, CRM, and operating rhythm.
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Drive pipeline
Open the doors, navigate the committee, close revenue, and compound the learning.
04 · In their words
“His ability to balance high-level innovation strategy with real-world execution is what makes him such a strong leader.”
Adam Stager, PhDFounder, TRIC Robotics
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Career signal
A career built across the whole commercialization chain.
Voltaic Coatings
NSF funding · Fortune 500 proof-of-concept LOIs
SolarCity
257% of quota
ESU Accelerator
Revenue growth across a 30-company portfolio
Clean Energy USA
213% conversion lift
Energize Delaware
$34M+ capital
Energy Fox
$7M+ pipeline · exit
Carl Zeiss Vision
$2.1M new business
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About Keith
Founder’s perspective.
Operator’s discipline.
Keith Modzelewski is a founder, operator, and revenue leader with more than 15 years of experience commercializing hardware, clean-energy infrastructure, robotics, and deep technology. He has built companies, led a 30-company accelerator portfolio, directed more than $34 million in clean-energy capital, and rebuilt sales motions from zero. His work sits where technical validation meets buyer adoption: translating proof into a narrative, operating system, and pipeline a team can repeat.
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Founder range
Commercial rigor.
Creative range.
Two active ventures make the operating thesis visible from different angles.
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Commercial system mapSignal → System → Scale
Hardware GTM advisorySignalForge
Commercialization systems for hardware, deep tech, energy, and robotics.
Proof → Pipeline ↗
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Editorial photography studioCaptured Concepts
Co-founded in 2005. Visual storytelling and commercial work across six continents.
Restraint over volume ↗Kauffman Global Scholar +
Selected in 2012 as one of 20 international entrepreneurs for an intensive global entrepreneurship program spanning leading universities and innovation organizations.
Kauffman FoundationNSF SBIR evaluator +
Evaluated Phase I and Phase II Small Business Innovation Research proposals for technical merit, commercialization readiness, and market potential.
NSF SBIR review programNSF I-Corps mentor +
Guided technical founders in biotechnology, robotics, polymers, solar, and cybersecurity through customer discovery, market validation, pricing, positioning, and commercialization decisions.
NSF I-CorpsStart-Up Chile +
Selected for the 2013 cohort as one of 50 companies from more than 3,000 international applicants. Built Voltaic Coatings internationally, then advised CORFO on program benefits for entrepreneurial ecosystem development.
Start-Up Chile by CORFOMBA + BFA · University of Delaware +
An MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship paired with a BFA in Photography and Visual Communications: commercial discipline joined to visual storytelling.
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