Ed started Long Hill Funds in 2021 as an investment vehicle in the mold of Berkshire Hathaway. Long Hill invests in high-quality businesses earning high returns on equity with long runways for growth. The preferred holding period is forever.

Prior to Long Hill, Ed started an energy technology venture with Dr. Seth Sanders, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Head of the Power Systems Lab at UC Berkeley. Together, they co-founded Amber Kinetics in 2012 to commercialize innovative, environmentally sustainable flywheel technology pioneered at Cal.

Ed served as the CEO, led three rounds of fundraising and grew the venture from a 5-person engineering team into a company with 200+ employees and international MFG operations. Amber quickly established itself as a global leader in flywheel technology and successfully executed on early high-profile projects with established customers around the world.

In 2019, a major investor opted to acquire a controlling interest in the technology company to further commercialize in Asia, and Ed stayed on for two years to help lead the business transition.

Ed began his career working for a VC-backed technology startup in Palo Alto. He cut his teeth for five years working on product, marketing, sales, and international MFG operations, helping the business reach sustained profitability before achieving an exit via acquisition by HP. He credits his first boss, Wei Ching, for mentoring him on the fundamentals of building a technology manufacturing business.

Following the HP acquisition, Ed had a stint in venture capital, becoming a seed investor and strategic advisor to Splashtop, which has achieved success as a sustainably profitable Silicon Valley tech unicorn. 

After venture capital, Ed re-joined the start-up world to develop and build utility-scale solar projects in California. There, he dove headfirst into a new-found passion: project finance, tax equity structuring, and all aspects of land development.

The fast-moving team built California's 1st large-scale solar farm, developed a 380 MW portfolio of contracted projects, and achieved an exit via acquisition in three years. 

Today, in addition to Long Hill Funds, Ed still develops select, high-impact solar + energy storage projects in California.

Ed graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and completed coursework in Energy Policy and Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford University. He is the recipient of the Silicon Valley Chinese Institute of Engineering award, presented by former U.S. Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu.