Wallach received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, his Mississippi in electrical engineering, from University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from Boston University.
He is a Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award recipient. After Hewlett-Packard bought Convex, Wallach became the chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard"s large systems group. He was also a visiting professor at Rice University from 1998-1999.
Prior to Convex, he was manager of Advanced Development for Data General.
Prior to that, he was an engineer at Raytheon, where he worked on the All Applications Digital Computer (AADC). He is currently an adviser to Centerpoint Venture partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, and Interwest, and a consultant to the United States Department of Energy Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Wallach was awarded the 2008 Seymour Cray Computer Science and Engineering Award for his "contribution to high-performance computing through design of innovative vector and parallel computing systems, notably the Convex mini-supercomputer series, a distinguished industrial career and acts of public service.".
Wallach has 33 patents and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow and was a founding member of PITAC (The Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee).
