Summary
Steve Malers is a water-resources-focused technology leader and serial founder who combines a civil engineering background with three decades of software and systems engineering experience to build operational decision-support tools. As CEO/CTO of the Open Water Foundation and TriLynx Systems, he has led development of real-time environmental monitoring and flood-warning platforms (including NovaStar) and contributed key components to Colorado’s Decision Support Systems. He balances hands-on coding and product design with business leadership, integrating technical, legal, environmental, and social dimensions into pragmatic, open-source–oriented solutions. Known for applying agile, convergent development to complex, multidisciplinary problems, he also brings community stewardship experience from service on the Fort Collins Water Board.
10 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Civil Engineering, MS, Civil Engineering at Colorado State University
FastTrac
Water Leaders Program, Water Leaders Program at Colorado Foundation for Water Education
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