Evan Tallas

Evan Tallas has a long and varied career in technology and business. In 2021, they began working as a Technical Project Manager for UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture. Prior to that, they were the Principal and Founder of Tallas Consulting from 1999 to 2021, providing Information Technology, Business Process, and Marketing services to companies. From 2016 to 2021, they were the Founder/Editor-in-Chief of The Full Aperture, a news organization focused on consumer advocacy. From 2013 to 2016, they were the CEO and Founder of Invispace Digital, a company focused on content and application design and development. From 2011 to 2013, they were the IT Director of Jarrow Industries Inc, responsible for IT operations, product lab verification systems, and employee systems training. From 2005 to 2011, they were the Lead Software Engineer of Kaiser Permanente IT, leading a team of 7 engineers and DBAs, and co-engineering and implementing near real-time data collection process. From 2001 to 2005, they were the Senior Production Services Technician of Sony Imageworks, responsible for data backup and restoration, monitoring a render-farm, and proposing and creating the Production Services Dept. From 2000 to 2001, they were the Senior Developer of Youbet.com, a sports news site, working as a Windows Server Architect and Administrator, Microsoft SQL Server DBA, and Broadvision Developer. Finally, from 1999 to 2000, they were the IT/IS Manager of Shoppingtheworld.com.

Evan Tallas' education history includes a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science with a focus on Computer Music and 3D Animation from Hampshire College in 1999, and a high school diploma from Lake Forest High School in 1994. Evan also has several certifications, including a 3CX Intermediate Certified Engineer from 3CX in 2020, a 3CX Basic Certified Engineer v16 from 3CX in 2020, a Cert Prep: CompTIA Security+ Exam (SY0-501): The Basics from LinkedIn in 2019, a Having Career Conversations with Your Team from Lynda.com in 2019, and an AWSome Online Day 2019 from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in 2019.