Expertise

• Weather forecasting
• Consulting- weather service recommendations for businesses and municipalities
• Meteorological forensics for attorneys and insurance adjustors
• Commercial weather education - development and presentation
• Presentations for societies, organizations and intermediaries
• Meteorological marketing in private-sector
• Weather applications for industry

 

Education

Bachelor of Science: Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University (1981)
Bachelor of Science: Agriculture (Soil Science), Oregon State University (1981)

Affiliations:

• Organizer - Pacific Northwest Weather Observers (1979)
• American Meteorological Society (begin 1979)
• National Weather Association (begin 1980)
• NWA Agriculture Committee (1981-1985)
• Pacific Northwest Horticultural Association (begin 1978)

Work Experience

Independent Professional Meteorologist (1995-present)

• Miller Capilano - Squamish, British Columbia
  • Instrument Siting Project prior to 2010 Olympics
• Mainroad Enterprises - Langley, British Columbia
  • Several climatological/geographical surveys for road maintenance contracts
  • Instrument siting in several areas of British Columbia
• Corporation of Delta - British Columbia
  • Developed flood prediction template for Boundary Bay
• State of Washington Attorney General's Office - Seattle
  • Meteorological forensics
  • Accident reconstruction
  • Research for remote mountain accident
• NorthWest Weathernet - Seattle
  • Forecaster
  • Public relations
• Ice and Snow Technologies - Walla Walla
  • Accident forensics
  • Developed weather education modules
• McLain & Merritt - Atlanta
  • Forensic research of agricultural building collapses due to snow and ice
• Fairweather Forecasting - Anchorage
  • Developed and implemented meteorological marketing plan
  • Opened industry to site-specific forecasting
• Several Federal weather observation contracts - Eugene to Anchorage
• Several projects for attorneys and insurance adjustors

Founder, Waters Outdoor Experience, Juneau (1994-1995)

• Instructor in orienteering and mountain safety; wilderness youth activities

State of Alaska, Juneau (1992-1993)

• Marine Highways Auditor and Licensing Examiner for professional hunting guides

University of Alaska Arctic Environmental & Data Center, Anchorage (1991)

• Fire Weather Forecaster for the State of Alaska

NorthWest Weathernet, Inc. Issaquah, WA (1985-1991)

• Vice President and front-line forecaster of largest private-sector meteorological marketing firm in the Pacific Northwest

Professional Meteorological Consultant, Oregon, Washington (1984-1991)

• Long-range agricultural outlooks; industrial tide and flood forecasting; reconstruction weather at remote locations; meteorological expert witness/legal testimony; insurance claim investigations