Mr. Tallian comes to Distributed Energy Systems following five years as senior vice president, CFO and treasurer of Transwitch Corporation, a provider of high-speed semiconductors for voice, data and video communications. Previously, he spent six years as executive vice president and CFO of Metavante Corporation, the banking and payments technology subsidiary of Marshall & Ilsley Corporation. From 1982 to 1995, Mr. Tallian held several financial management positions with IBM Corporation, and his experience included both domestic and international finance and planning assignments. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science degree in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |