Summary
Rob Steiner is a seasoned water industry executive, operator, entrepreneur and investor with over a decade of experience building market-driven solutions at the intersection of water, energy and finance. As SVP at Silvertip and founder/advisor roles including WaterSmart Software, he has led water-rights development, decentralized infrastructure projects, AMI-enabled metering and venture-backed technology commercialization. Rob combines policy and public-health experience from federal health offices with hands-on startup and investment leadership, giving him rare fluency across government, NGO and private capital channels. He has a track record of turning behavioral analytics and cloud technologies into utility-ready water-efficiency products and of structuring project finance to unlock decentralized treatment and reuse. Based in California, he advises impact-focused funds and nonprofits (e.g., Splash.org) while quietly excelling at bridging ESG-driven investing with pragmatic infrastructure delivery.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., B.S. at University of Michigan
MPH, MPH at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
East Grand Rapids High School
Spanish, Portuguese