Dr. Arnold Tafferner, meteorologist, doctoral degree in natural sciences of the Meteorological Institute of the University of Munich (MIM). Research activities at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (Miami, USA), the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (Boulder, USA), the Laboratory of Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysics at Academia Sinica (Beijing), several years at MIM (Munich) and at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the German Aerospace Center. Expertise in designing and operationally installing systems for detection and forecasting atmospheric conditions which pose hazards to air traffic, e.g. related to jet streams, thunderstorms, in-flight icing and airport winter conditions.Founder and CEO of WxFUSION GmbH since 2012 together with Caroline Reitwiesner.