Teck Hua Ho

Professor Ho Teck Hua is the senior deputy president and provost of the National University of Singapore (NUS), where he is a Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor. He is also the executive chairman of AI Singapore, a national research and development programme.

Teck is a prominent behavioural scientist with a PhD and a master's degree in decision sciences from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also has a master’s degree in computer and information sciences and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering with first class honours from NUS.

In 2011, he took a part-time appointment at NUS as vice president of research strategy and became director of the NUS Centre for Behavioural Economics. In 2015, he became deputy president of research and technology at NUS. Prior to his role as deputy president, Teck was the William Halford Jr Family Professor of Marketing at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. In 1999, he earned tenure in the marketing department at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to that, he was assistant professor of operations and technology management at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Anderson School of Management.

At the Haas School of Business, Teck received the Earl F Cheit Award for Excellence in MBA Teaching, three years in a row (2004, 2005, and 2006) as well as the Williamson Award (2015). The latter is the School’s highest faculty award, named in honour of Oliver Williamson, the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. It celebrates honourees who best reflect the character and integrity associated with Williamson’s scholarly work and legacy. In 2010, Teck received the Distinguished Teaching Award, the University of California, Berkeley's highest university-level award for teaching.

Teck has had many significant works published in refereed journals in the areas of behavioural economics, management science, and marketing. He was the first non-US citizen to be editor-in-chief of Management Science, the venerable flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, and one of the top journals for research in management.

In Singapore, Teck is a member of the boards of the National University Health System, the National Environment Agency, the Government Technology Agency, the Defence Science and Technology Agency, and DSO National Laboratories. He is also a fellow of the Singapore Civil Service College and the Academy of Engineering, Singapore.

Education Qualifications

• M.A. (Honorary), University of Pennsylvania, 1999
• Ph.D., Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1993
• M.A., Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
• M. Sc., Computer and Information Sciences, National University of Singapore, 1989
• B. Eng., Electrical Engineering, 1st Class Honors, National University of Singapore, 1985

Research Interest

• Behavioural And Experimental Economics
• Interfaces Between Marketing And Operations
• Quantitative Marketing (pricing Strategy And Customer Value Management)

Academic Experience

• Deputy President (Research and Technology), National University of Singapore, 2015 - current
• Director, NUS Global Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, 2012 - current
• Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor, National University of Singapore, 2011 - current
• Director, Centre for Behavioural Economics, National University of Singapore, 2011 - current
• Vice-President (Research Strategy), National University of Singapore, 2011 - 2015
• William Halford, Jr. Family Professor of Marketing, University of California, Berkeley, Haas School , 2002 - 2015
• Associate Professor of Marketing (with tenure), University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, 1999 - 2002
• Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, 1997 - 1999
• Assistant Professor of Operations & Tech Mgt, University of California, Los Angeles, The Anderson School, 1994 - 1997
• Lecturer, National University of Singapore, 1993 - 1994

Corporate Experience

• Consultant, Autodesk, Inc. (2004-2006, 2008-2010, 2013-present)
• Consultant, Boeing (2002)
• Consultant, Boston Scientific Corporation (2003-2007)
• Consultant, Campbell’s Soup (1992-1996)
• Consultant, Compliance Ease (2004-2005)
• Consultant, eBay (2005)
• Consultant, Fat Spaniel (2009-2010)
• Consultant, Google (2010)
• Consultant, HP (2003-2009)
• Consultant, Igine (2003-2004)
• Consultant, Information Resource Inc. (2001-2002)
• Consultant, Intel (1999-2002)
• Consultant, Johnson & Johnson (2010)
• Consultant, Martek Biosciences Corporation (2004)
• Consultant, Maxim (2011)
• Consultant, NUS, America (2003-2010)
• Consultant, Quicklogic (2008)
• Consultant, Security Network of America (2006-2010)
• Consultant, Slingshot Solutions (2001-2003)
• Consultant, Spacelabs Healthcare (2010)
• Consultant, Zynga (2011)

Membership & Professional Activities

• Editor-in-Chief, Management Science (2014-present)
• Departmental Editor, Behavioral Economics; Management Science (2011-2014)
• Departmental Editor, Decision Analysis; Management Science (2008-2011)
• Associate Editor, Marketing Science (2007-2013)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Marketing Research (2006-2013)
• Co-Editor, Foundations and Trends in Marketing (2006-2010)
• Associate Editor, Operations and Supply-Chain Management; Management Science (2004-2008)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2001-2006)
• Guest co-editor, Special issue on marketing-operations interfaces; Management Science(2001)
• Associate Editor, Interdisciplinary Research; Management Science (2000-2003)
• Associate Editor, Decision Analysis; Management Science (1998-2008)
• Associate Editor, Special Responsibilities; Management Science (1998-1999)
• Associate Editor, Management Science (1996-2000)