Founder & CEO

Steve Schuster is an engineer turned technology storyteller. He founded Rainier Communications in 1993 to build the kind of PR agency he wished he could have hired: one that truly understands technologies and tells their stories with clarity, creativity and credibility.

Steve brings decades of hands-on experience marketing and designing thousands of technology products from early chipsets to today’s AI-driven platforms. His philosophy, and Rainier’s, is built around “defensible audacity”: helping clients make bold, believable claims and back them up with substance.

Internally, Steve sets the tone for a culture rooted in professionalism, mutual respect and intentional kindness. Rainier’s clients, employees and partners know they’re working with people who care and who hold themselves to a high bar.

Steve holds BSEE and MBA degrees from Northeastern University. He mentors startup founders, contributes to standards committees and regularly lectures on tech marketing. Outside of work, he’s a long-time vegan and animal justice advocate and an award-winning songwriter and photographer.