Ted Hou
Ted Hou began in fiber optic communications, later moved to solar energy, and is now a founding partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund. He holds degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China and UC Berkeley.
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- JDS Uniphase · general manager of the passive component business unit
- Hanwha SolarOne · VP of Marketing
- NRG Residential Solar · VP of Product Strategy
- IBM Almaden Research Center · postdoctoral research fellow
- Berkeley Catalyst Fund · Founding PartnerNow
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Who is Ted Hou?
Ted Hou began in fiber optic communications, later moved to solar energy, and is now a founding partner at Berkeley Catalyst Fund. He holds degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China and UC Berkeley.
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What did Ted Hou do before Berkeley Catalyst Fund (BCF)?
general manager of the passive component business unit at JDS Uniphase; VP of Marketing at Hanwha SolarOne; VP of Product Strategy at NRG Residential Solar; postdoctoral research fellow at IBM Almaden Research Center.
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