About our Founder

Rick Tallman is a veteran entrepreneur, investment manager and philanthropist that leads TallmanPacific, an independent investment firm and strategic consultancy serving investors and companies in the energy transition.   In 2007, he founded Renova Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in bringing new sustainable technologies to full commercialization while investing in, developing, managing, and selling over $1B of clean energy assets.  He was a founder, CEO & Chairman of Main Street Power Company (now AES Clean Energy), a pioneering solar company that developed thousands of distributed solar arrays while launching the industry’s first residential solar leasing fund.  Earlier in his career, Rick established a reputation as a successful entrepreneur by founding and leading a variety of early-stage companies through initial public offering or acquisition.  This included a leading superfund remediation firm, a pioneer of municipal water utility privatization, and one of the very first internet photo community sites.  Rick served as a Company Commander in the US Army during the Persian Gulf War, and frequently writes and lectures on subjects of entrepreneurship and a sustainable future.  He holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Geologic and Hydrologic Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines, where he serves on the Board of Governors and leads the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Initiative.  Find more details on LinkedIn.