Brian Fan is Head of Research for Masdar City, where he oversees research on clean technology companies in the green buildings, energy, waste, water, transportation, and smart grid sectors. This research is used by Masdar’s business development, marketing and technology teams to enhance adoption and implementation of market-changing technologies.
Fan was formerly Senior Director of Research at the Cleantech Group LLC, a clean technology research, advisory and events company, where he advised leading cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, and authored the quarterly Cleantech Investment Monitor, reports on cleantech markets in Europe, China and India, as well as sector-specific research on concentrated solar power.
Fan was an Equity Research Analyst for The Cypress Funds, LLC, a long-short hedge fund with $300 million assets under management, where he generated original investment ideas in the technology, Internet, retail, consumer discretionary, defense/ aerospace, and lodging/gaming sectors.
Fan was Senior Partner at Olliance Consulting Group, a leading strategy consulting firm in Silicon Valley, where he formulated business and product strategy for over 40 clients including Nokia, Intel, Microsoft, NEC, Adobe, Motorola, Barclays Global Investors and numerous venture-funded startups such as JasperSoft, Krugle, and OpenLogic.
At Microsoft, Brian was Product Planner for Expedia.com, where he defined customer & marketing requirements and product features. As part of this, he oversaw Marketing Research, and designed and commissioned over a dozen major quantitative, qualitative and usability research studies.
Fan worked at the Walt Disney Co. in retail marketing and merchandising, and at Procter & Gamble in brand marketing in the Arabian Peninsula.
Fan is a LEED Accredited Professional (US Green Building Council).
Brian received his B.Sc. in Economics cum laude at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was also a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a Joseph Wharton Scholar. He is also a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City.
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