Ed's love of all-things business led to the creation of Long Hill, formed in the mold of Berkshire Hathaway to invest in the very best high-quality businesses and compound capital for the long-term. 

Prior to Long Hill, Ed formed an energy technology venture with Dr. Seth Sanders, Head of the Power Systems Lab at UC Berkeley. Together, they started Amber Kinetics to spin-out and commercialize innovative, environmentally sustainable flywheel technology pioneered at Cal.

Ed served as the CEO, growing the venture from a small engineering team into a 200-person company with international MFG operations to execute on early high-profile contracts signed with the U.S. Department of Energy, PG&E, Siemens AG, ENEL, and others. 

Today, the Company has delivered and installed its technology for utility customers all around the world, outlasting chemical batteries in performance and establishing the company as the global leader in flywheel storage technology. 

Earlier in his career, Ed worked for a brief stint in venture capital, becoming an early-stage investor and advisor to Splashtop, which achieved success as a Silicon Valley tech unicorn. 

Looking for the action of a start-up, Ed left venture capital and joined a San Francisco-based startup to develop 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 large portfolio of contracted projects, and achieved an exit via acquisition in three years. 

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 MFG operations, helping the business reach sustained profitability before achieving an exit via acquisition by HP. 

Ed graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, and completed additional coursework in Energy Policy and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.