Introduction

Robert “Bob” Sinkler is the Founder of Riverside Global, a non-traditional water solutions company.  Riverside provides integrated, sustainable improvements to our existing man-made and natural water infrastructure.  Recently Bob was the Vice President of Technology and Commercialization in the Environment Sector, and later was a Vice President in Operations at INTREXON Corporation.  INTREXON provided technology solutions to leading companies for the deployment of biologically based products to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

Previously, Bob was the Director of Water Resources Infrastructure for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Water Program.  In this position, he and his team focused on implementing interagency integrated water resources management in large watersheds, —particularly with the nation’s largest river systems; and delivering water infrastructure projects. 

He also served as Chief of Army Environmental Programs in the Pentagon where he developed and managed $1.5 B in annual environmental programs that enabled the Army to maintain compliance with environmental laws worldwide and execute environmental clean-up and remediation actions.

Bob also commanded the Rock Island District (USACE) where he led the planning for, operations and maintenance of, and construction to support more than $30 billion of Federal navigation, flood risk reduction, hydropower, environmental and recreational infrastructure in parts of the five Upper Mississippi River Basin states.