Boris Feldman founded and runs Base Energy, LLC, a renewable energy development company responsible for many renewable energy projects throughout California and the Western U.S. Prior to founding Base Energy, Boris was the Senior Director of Mergers and Acquisitions at Recurrent Energy and the Director of Project Development at Canadian Solar, where he was responsible for leading utility and distributed generation projects, including strategy development, implementation, team management, and project success. The U.S. project development team originated and contracted over 250 megawatts of solar power. In addition, Mr. Feldman was credited with the $265 million acquisition of Recurrent Energy by Canadian Solar. With the acquisition of Recurrent Energy, Canadian Solar’s global project portfolio grew to over 1 gigawatt.

Prior to joining Canadian Solar, Boris Feldman was the Vice President of Business Development at Model Three Energy, a boutique development and finance company, where he was in charge of developing and growing a $5 million pipeline of solar and alternative energy projects. His duties also included developing a company strategy, maintaining investor relationships, and increasing the market presence of M3E.

Boris’ previous experience was driving sales of (CIGS) thin-film modules as the Americas Sales Manager at Solar Frontier, the Japanese subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. During his tenure with Solar Frontier, Mr. Feldman was responsible for over $100 million in sales of utility and commercial projects, including the largest CIGS project in the world, EDF’s Catalina Solar. Mr. Feldman started his career in solar with Sharp Electronics Solar Division, where he grew sales in the commercial segment to $100 million by partnering with national and regional EPCs and developers on commercial projects across the country.

Boris holds an MBA from the University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, and a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Mr. Feldman has participated in a number of industry panels and speaking engagements devoted to renewable and solar energy and is a strong advocate of expanding the clean energy economy.