Keith Nellesen

Keith Nellesen, along with his wife Melisa, contributed the initial donation for the Cole Nellesen Building at Utah Valley University (UVU). This Will House the Melisa Nellesen Center for Autism at UVU In June, 2016 Nellesen made a lead donation for UVU's 14,500-square-foot $3.5 million practice and conditioning facility to house its men’s and women’s basketball teams, to be known as the NUVI Basketball Center. He also has a special interest in the Book of Mormon and collects early editions.

Keith Nellesen grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho, where he attended Idaho Falls High School. He later attended BYU, where he obtained a Masters of Accountancy in 1992. Following BYU, he was contacted by his old High School friend Todd Pedersen, and the two embarked on establishing the company now known as Vivint (formerly APX Alarm). Under Nellesen’s and Pedersen’s directorship, the firm branched into other venues such as Vivint Solar Energy. After obtaining the buy-out of Vivint by Blackstone, Nellesen embarked on his current business venture, NUVI. Nellesen is the also a founding partner of McColee Partners, a venture capital investment firm specializing in early stage investments.

Keith Nellesen (born 1967) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder of Vivint, Inc., a home automation, security and solar energy company. Vivint, Inc. was acquired in late 2012 for $2.2 Billion by the Blackstone Group. Following the sale of Vivint to the Blackstone Group, Nellesen became the founder of NUVI where he is currently the CEO. Nellesen has been a part of NUVI since its founding and previously served as the CEO of the company from May 2014 to October 2015, before recently resuming the CEO position in late 2016. He also previously served as Chairman and CEO at MoneyReef.