About Tellus Markets


Tellus Markets creates powerful technology solutions that simplify and enable concrete climate action. Our flagship offering, Tellus Climate Suite, is an enterprise decarbonization platform that provides a turnkey solution for sustainability teams. This platform combines emissions inventory and reporting, decarbonization analysis and planning, and digital marketplaces for users to purchase clean power, carbon credits and RECs, providing the most comprehensive functionality of any climate solution. 

Our name comes from Tellus, Latin for earth, the source of all commodities. Some of our products are offered by our subsidiary Direct Swap Services LLC, an Introducing Broker registered with the NFA.

Management

Tim Devane
Tim Devane
Managing Director

Technology leader with deep experience in SaaS startups, including strategy, go to market and financing. Prior positions include business development head for two high growth startups, emerging technology strategy for Google, and as a principal at two venture firms.

Chip Horton
Chip Horton
CEO

Experienced co-founder of 3 companies, including USBX—fintech marketplace backed by Carlyle. Early career includes successful run as a venture investor with an active east coast investment group and as a finance lawyer with large law firms.

Yana Tarasova
Yana Tarasova
Chief Technology Officer

Seasoned engineering leader with experience in creating, evolving, and operating software, data, and AI systems. Prior positions range from high growth startups to mature organizations, spanning fintech, insurance and customer lifecycle management.

Eben Meyer
Eben Meyer
Director, Marketing

B2B technology and SaaS marketer, with strategic experience leading client and agency teams at high-growth software startups and tech Fortune500. Deep experience with product and sales-led go-to-market.

Jarret Johnson
Jarret Johnson
VP & General Counsel

Senior lawyer with extensive technology and finance experience, in roles spanning private law practice at large international law firms, to in-house positions at both private and public companies.

Neil Shah
Neil Shah
Director, Data Science

Successful commodities market maker and trader in both physical and financial markets. Fundamentally trained but quantitatively focused, with degrees in data science and engineering.

Advisory Board

Nicholas Dazzo

Energy markets expert with extensive experience in over-the-counter derivatives and cleared futures. Recently focused on the energy transition. Led the client-facing energy derivatives business for Koch Supply & Trading, and previously developed trading strategies in J.P. Morgan’s energy derivatives group.

Douglas Harris

Derivatives industry leader with deep legal, regulatory and operating experience, having served as senior deputy comptroller for capital markets at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and general counsel of a futures commission merchant, a designated-contract-market and a derivatives clearing organization.

Peter Humphrey

Successful sales professional with over two decades of experience, first decade in sales and trading at large financial institutions and second decade as top salesman for FXall, a major electronic foreign exchange platform, from early days through its sale.