About Tallano Technologies

I joined Tallano Technologies and its founder Christophe Rocca Serra in 2016 as Managing Director and – in June 2023 – took over as Chairman when Christophe stepped down. He has played a key role in our company since its inception. His commitment and visionary leadership have enabled Tallano Technologies to become a cleantech pioneer in the field of clean braking. I am determined to capitalize on this strong heritage and propel our company to new horizons.

What’s more, my passion for cars has always made me sensitive to the solutions offered by Tallano Technolgies. When I took part in motor racing events, I always made sure to offset my carbon emissions by supporting associations such as Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s, dedicated to reforestation. Joining Tallano Technologies was a natural extension of this personal approach, since TAMIC® captures fine particle emissions from vehicle braking systems at source. This convergence between my personal values and Tallano Technologies’ innovations is always an additional source of motivation for me.

Finally, throughout my career, I have always been driven by a passion for innovation. Whether in the financial field during my previous professional activities, or today in the technological field with Tallano Technologies, I am motivated by the constant search for new ideas and innovative solutions.

As President of Tallano Technologies, I am determined to lead our company to new heights, focusing on continuous innovation and offering solutions to reduce fine particles from the braking system to our industrial partners.

A lawyer by training, I created and managed several financial asset management companies between 1990 and 2016. During my career, I focused on creating financial solutions that did not exist before.

The TAMIC® solution is of course a technological innovation but it is above all an innovation of thought. Until then, everyone agreed that the pollution linked to the use of braking systems was a necessary evil… Tallano Technologies has come to challenge this preconceived idea, because we are not only talking about an improvement of the existing systems but also about the cancellation, at the source, of more than 90% of the fine particles emitted during vehicle braking.

I have been in charge of Tallano’s development in Asia since 2023 before taking over responsibility for industrial operations in 2025. I joined Tallano for two reasons: it is the perfect example of “Tech for Good”, know-how and technological excellence at the service of society, and I was seduced by the goal of moving the project from the phase of a brilliant idea to that of an industrial product available in large series.

I have had the chance to have a diversified career in industry and consulting, in several countries in Europe and Asia. I began my engineering career with operational roles in R&D, Purchasing and Project Management for high-tech industries, notably within the Renault-Nissan Alliance. I then added an entrepreneurial component of international business development by building operations in Asia for a leader in railway infrastructure, before joining the “Operations” practice at McKinsey & Company, Where I have successfully completed numerous transformation and operational excellence projects for advanced industries. In 2019, I created my own consulting structure, serving European companies wishing to develop in Asia.

Tallano is an example of innovation in multiple dimensions: technology, of course, thanks to the TAMIC® solution backed by more than 50 patents, but also through its “fabless” industrial operating model based on partnerships, and its commercial approach of direct contact with users alongside agreements with OEMs.

I joined Tallano Technologies in May 2025 to accelerate the commercial development of TAMIC® in France as well as internationally. I decided to embark on this adventure with enthusiasm for 3 main reasons: the first is the meaning given to my action by the cause of public health and environmental preservation supported by TAMIC®. The second is the possible impact on different vehicles and at the international level of TAMIC® by its generic and universal concept, but also by its technical competitiveness. The third is the professional and personal quality of the people who make up the company’s workforce.

I have more than 25 years of experience in international business development in the automotive industry, both for hardware products for nearly 15 years at Valeo, and also software for over 10 years at TomTom and Cerence AI. I have thus developed skills in commercial strategy and product marketing, building pricing models adapted to products, for major automobile and heavy vehicle accounts, for the original equipment markets, of the manufacturer’s replacement and independent aftermarket. I have also developed a strong aptitude for working and managing in multicultural environments.

TAMIC® is innovative in being an active solution for the recovery and filtration of fine brake particles. The other innovative dimension is to generate this active capture at the source, thanks to the addition of grooves in the brake pads, allowing a capture performance that no other technology is able to achieve in order to comply with future Euro 7 requirements. Furthermore, TAMIC® innovates in its ability to change nothing of the current braking systems and to compromise nothing of the existing players’ alternative business, while guaranteeing the minimum performance of 70% fine particle capture over the entire life of the vehicle. Finally, TAMIC® and its filters provide a solution for measurability and therefore possible valorization of the quantities of dust not released into the atmosphere, while ultimately carrying out an ambition for a circular economy by recycling the dust recovered in the filters.

I met the founders of Tallano Technologies when I was working for Plastic Omnium. I then discovered the TAMIC® solution, which interested me a lot for its technological complexity, its positive impact on public health and for its environmental dimension. So I joined the team in 2017 as technical director to work on improving the system’s performance.

A textile engineer graduated from ENSAIT, with a PhD in materials science and engineering from the Ecole des Mines de Paris, I was for more than 17 years the R&D director of the Friction Material activity at Valeo, the leading French automotive supplier. I then directed innovation at Porcher Industries, then at Plastic Omnium, where I developed new products and new processes.

During braking, two main categories of fine particles are emitted: airborne particles, which remain suspended in the air and which we breathe, and larger, heavier particles, which are deposited in the vehicle and on the road. The latter seem less dangerous since we do not breathe them, but they end up in runoff water and then in plants, etc. Moreover, they can be fragmented and become finer and lighter and still end up in the air and therefore in our lungs. Contrary to other solutions, TAMIC® attacks all particles and this is why it is innovative! Especially since it has now been proven both in the laboratory and in real-life conditions.