R. Steven Maxwell is Senior Transactions Advisor with Summit, and also heads TechKNOWLEDGEy Strategic Group in Boulder, Colorado. The firm offers strategic and management consulting services to public and private entities in the environmental and water industries. Mr. Maxwell leads a focused investment banking practice in these dynamic industries, successfully completing more than 50 merger and acquisitions transactions over the last 10 years for industry players both large and small. In addition, he has worked with many start-up firms and private equity groups on investments in the environmental management and water industries. Mr. Maxwell holds Master’s degrees in Public Policy and Geological Sciences from Harvard University, and is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana.