Steven (Steve) Robert
Co-Founder and CEO
Autobooks
Steve Robert is the co-founder and CEO of Autobooks, an integrated receivables platform for small businesses distributed through more than 1,000 financial institutions. Autobooks has enterprise agreements in place to embed its services within the leading digital/mobile banking service providers, such as Alkami, Bottomline, CSI, Jack Henry, FIS, NCR and Q2. As a Payment Service Provider (PSP) Autobooks bundles a merchant account with each SMBs’ checking account to easily send invoices, receive payments and automate reconciliation.
Prior to Autobooks, Steve was the technical co-founder and CTO at Billhighway, an integrated payment and accounting solution provider to large membership-based organizations, including unions and organized labor groups. Billhighway grew to support millions of users, processing billions in transactions before being acquired by TA Associates/BluePay in 2016.
Steve is an accredited investor and actively speaks and writes about business, technology, and entrepreneurship, and as a native Detroiter - is an advocate for promoting Detroit’s revitalization efforts. In 2012, he was invited to the White House to be part of the historic signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act (JOBS) by President Obama through his community involvement with Startup America. Steve was also recognized by Goldman Sachs as one of 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021.