RH
Career profile
Richard Ho
VP Hardware @ OpenAI | ex-SVP Lightmatter | ML for chip design | ex-Google TPU | ex-Cofounder 0-In Design Automation
San Francisco, California, United States
Career path.
OpenAIVP, Hardware
Jul 2026 - Present- USC Stevens School of Computing and AI
Member of the Board of Advisors
May 2026 - Present
OpenAIHead of Hardware
Nov 2023 - Jul 2026- Lightmatter
Senior Vice President, Silicon and Software Engineering
Sep 2023 - Nov 2023 - Lightmatter
VP, Hardware Engineering
Aug 2022 - Sep 2023 - Google
Sr. Director, Engineering
Apr 2022 - Aug 2022 - CHIPSAlliance
Vice Chairman Of The Board
Apr 2019 - Jun 2022 - Google
Principal Engineer/Director
Apr 2018 - Apr 2022 - Stanford University
Adjunct Lecturer
Apr 2018 - Nov 2019 - Google
Sr. Staff Engineer
Feb 2014 - Apr 2018 - Calxeda, Inc.
Director of Engineering, SoC
May 2013 - Jan 2014 - Accellera
Co-Chair, Unified Coverage Interoperability Standard
Jun 2008 - Oct 2012 - D. E. Shaw Research
Research Engineer
Sep 2005 - Apr 2013 - Mentor Graphics
Principal Engineer
Sep 2004 - Sep 2005 - 0-In Design Automation
Co-Founder, Chief Architect and Vice President
Jul 1996 - Sep 2004