Joseph Tou is Vice President, Corporate Development at Sony Corporation of America and Managing Director of Sony Innovation Fund where he primarily leads U.S. technology M&A and investment activity as well as venture investments. Prior to Sony, Joe was a senior investment professional at Bertram Capital and Mavent Partners and semiconductor equity research analyst at Pacific Crest Securities.  Joe is heavily influenced by his technology development and operational roots at companies such as Intel, Solectron, and Ford. Joe holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and M.S. in operations research from Northwestern University. He also received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Michigan.