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Raffi Garabedian

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Founder and CEO at Electric Hydrogen Co.
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

As Co-Founder and CEO of Electric Hydrogen, Raffi Garabedian is focused on deep decarbonization by making green hydrogen cost-effective. He previously served for over a decade as the CTO of First Solar, where he was instrumental in advancing photovoltaic technology. He holds a Masters degree from the University of California, Davis.

Raffis career demonstrates a deep, singular focus on tackling climate change through technological innovation. His professional journey from semiconductors to solar, and now to green hydrogen and long-duration energy storage, highlights his commitment to developing scalable and affordable clean energy solutions for heavy industry.

He is named on approximately 30 issued U. S. patents and has applied the same innovation playbook across multiple clean energy sectors.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Founder and CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Raffi shows up

Persuasive & Assertive
Friendly Yet Blunt
Challenger

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting proof as well as information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing

Priorities

Topics Raffi cares about

Green Hydrogen
As CEO and Co-Founder of Electric Hydrogen, his central mission is to make fossil-free hydrogen economically viable to decarbonize heavy industry.
Energy Cost Reduction
He has a "relentless focus on cost, " aiming to apply lessons from the solar industry to make green hydrogen cheaper than fossil fuel alternatives.
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Career

Work history

3-2021
Founder and CEO
Electric Hydrogen Co.
2-2021
Board Member
ESS, Inc.
5-2012 - 12-2020
Chief Technology Officer
First Solar
6-2008 - 5-2012
VP Advanced Technology
First Solar
3-2003 - 5-2008
CEO
Touchdown Technologies, Inc.
In the press

Media appearances

First Solar Interview with Raffi Garabedian. Featured in YouTube
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Education
1984 - 1988
Education details unavailable
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1990 - 1994
MS
University of California, Davis
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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