Christine E. Boyle is a venture capital investor at Burnt Island Ventures who spent over a decade as a PhD water resources expert working directly with utilities on rate design and affordability before becoming an investor, giving her unusually deep understanding of how water regulation and utility decision-making actually work. She founded and led Valor Water Analytics from university research through venture funding to acquisition by Xylem, then scaled it within the public company, providing her with direct founder experience across academic, startup, and corporate environments that she now applies to supporting portfolio companies.