Executive Team

A licensed member of the Missouri Bar and the Illinois Bar, Mr. Kraus is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Talisen Technologies, Inc. In addition to providing legal counsel to Talisen's Executive Team and support to its Product Development, Sales & Marketing, Operations and Human Resources departments, Mr. Kraus provides Talisen and its Managed Services clients specialized expertise in the negotiation of leases and vendor agreements with global suppliers, such as telecommunications carriers and other technology infrastructure providers.

Prior to joining Talisen, Mr. Kraus served as General Counsel for CoreExpress, Inc., a dynamic information technology company. At CoreExpress, Mr. Kraus established the legal function within the 400–employee company and actively participated in the negotiation and drafting of financing and vendor agreements that committed the company to expenditures of more than $500 million. Mr. Kraus served as the primary contact for the sale of CoreExpress to Williams Communications Group, LLC.

Mr. Kraus' ten years of legal and regulatory experience also include working as: Superintendent of Regulatory Affairs for Ameren Corporation, a large Midwestern regulated utility; Manager of Electricity Consulting for Strategic Energy, LTD, a world–class supply–side energy consulting firm; and an attorney for Greensfelder, Hemker, and Gale, a large St. Louis law firm. Prior to law school, Mr. Kraus worked for five years as an electrical engineer for Union Electric Company. Mr. Kraus holds a Juris Doctoris from Washington University School of Law and a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri–Rolla.