Executive Team
Rob Steiner is Co-Founder of WaterSmart Software. He is also the Business Development Manager at Summit Global Management, a leading water-focused investment firm based in San Diego. Previously, as a Partner at Aquillian Investments, Rob developed a sector focus on water investments, connecting investors to industry leaders within the water value chain. He was responsible for due diligence and analysis of water technologies, business models and investment opportunities.
Prior to Aquillian Investments, Rob served as the Executive Director for the WaterLeaders Foundation, a Bay area nonprofit dedicated to providing appropriate, sustainable safe water solutions to the developing world. Prior to his work in the private sector, Rob was an officer in the US Public Health Service and served within the Department of Health and Human Services, specifically within the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Surgeon General and the Office of Global Health Affairs.
Rob holds a Masters degree in Public Health from George Washington University with a concentration in Global Health Policy and a BS from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.
Rob’s WaterScore: Great 
rob[at]watersmartsoftware[dot]com
Peter Yolles, Co-Founder
Peter Yolles is Co-Founder of WaterSmart Software. He is also the Founder and Principal of Water Insight, a water management consultancy. His fifteen years of experience include water conservation and efficiency, water rights and transfers, environmental regulation, finance, economics and policy. He maintains established relationships with key regulatory agencies, legal, scientific, and engineering consultants and influential non-profits.
Prior to Water Insight, Peter was Director of Water Resource Protection for The Nature Conservancy, where he led river restoration efforts throughout California. As Vice President at Western Water Company, Yolles partnered with California agricultural water districts to conserve and lease water to municipal water districts. He executed contracts with half a dozen municipal water districts in northern and southern California, leading negotiations and overseeing regulatory approvals from state agencies. These transfers represented the state's first profitable agricultural-to-urban water transfers conducted by a third party.
At GE Capital Solutions, Yolles analyzed water investment opportunities in the municipal and corporate markets. He also helped launch a new timber investment strategy. At Environmental Defense Fund, Yolles conducted cost-benefit analyses of municipal water supply projects and water transfers. Peter's interest in water, energy and climate began at the Pacific Institute, where he researched industrial, agricultural and domestic water use.
He earned his MBA in Finance from Yale School of Management and MES in Water Science, Management and Policy from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. He holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Peter’s WaterScore: Great
peter[at]watersmartsoftware[dot]com
Douglas Flanzer is the CTO of WaterSmart Software. He is responsible for the technical design, strategy, and success of WaterSmart's software-as-a-service platform.
Prior to WaterSmart, Doug was the Global Head of Persistent Analytics at Thomas Reuters where he led an engineering team charged with the calculation and distribution of complex financial analytics. Doug arrived at Thomson Reuters via the acquisition of StarMine, where as the Director of Engineering, he was responsible for successful delivery of their SaaS investment management platform, financial models, and analytics. Doug graduated from Stanford University with a BS and MS in Civil Engineering with a focus on environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology.
Doug’s WaterScore: Great
doug[at]watersmartsoftware[dot]com
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