• Contractor for Operations Maintenance and Sustainment (OMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Classified tropical cyclones worldwide using the Dvorak… Show more • Contractor for Operations Maintenance and Sustainment (OMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Classified tropical cyclones worldwide using the Dvorak Technique. • Produced satellite discussions for flooding rain risk areas for Hawaii/Puerto Rico• Created graphics using N-AWIPS highlighting areas for flash flood risk across the continental U.S. from a satellite perspective and briefed WPC forecasters. Show less

• Contractor for Satellite Missions Operation and Maintenance Support (SMOMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Classified tropical cyclones worldwide using the… Show more • Contractor for Satellite Missions Operation and Maintenance Support (SMOMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Classified tropical cyclones worldwide using the Dvorak Technique. • Produced satellite discussions for flooding rain risk areas for Hawaii/Puerto Rico• Created graphics using N-AWIPS highlighting areas for flash flood risk across the continental U.S. from a satellite perspective and briefed WPC forecasters. Show less

• Produced global flight planning guidance and issued SIGMETs for convection, turbulence, icing, and volcanoes.• Prepared domestic and international TAFs for airline clients including American, United, and JetBlue.• EWINS certified.

• Contractor for Satellite Missions Operation and Maintenance Support (SMOMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Produced satellite discussions for flooding rain… Show more • Contractor for Satellite Missions Operation and Maintenance Support (SMOMS) at the Satellite Analysis Branch (SAB) under NOAA/NESDIS.• Monitored all volcanoes in the Washington VAAC area of responsibility and issued Volcano Advisory Alerts for ash emissions/plumes as needed.• Analyzed GOES and Polar Orbiter imagery using a Hazard Mapping System and McIDAS to highlight/plot fires and areas of smoke across North America.• Produced satellite discussions for flooding rain risk areas for Hawaii/Puerto Rico• Created graphics using N-AWIPS highlighting areas for flash flood risk across the continental U.S. from a satellite perspective and briefed WPC forecasters. Show less

• Maintained a world master station list for meteorological products and applications. Catalogued ICAO, IATA, and SYNOP locations and determined reporting status (METAR, TAF, SYNOP). Coordinated with the NWS, FAA, Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC), Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO), and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for station additions, deletions, and changes.• Compiled and maintained a WSI Guide to NWS Bulletins listing… Show more • Maintained a world master station list for meteorological products and applications. Catalogued ICAO, IATA, and SYNOP locations and determined reporting status (METAR, TAF, SYNOP). Coordinated with the NWS, FAA, Canadian Meteorological Centre (CMC), Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), United Kingdom Meteorological Office (UKMO), and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) for station additions, deletions, and changes.• Compiled and maintained a WSI Guide to NWS Bulletins listing all available WMO bulletin headers for text products available on NOAAPort.• Coordinated with the Management Team and other departmental staff on NWS Service Change Notices (SCNs), Technical Implementation Notices (TINs), and Data Management Messages for their potential impact to WSI systems and software.• Maintained a database of daily significant historical weather events. Show less

• Provided meteorological quality control for WSI’s global products and services including NOWrad Mosaic Radar, satellite imagery, lightning networks, and market-specific custom graphics.• Monitored WSI’s Central Facility System involving processes that ingest generate, and broadcast unaltered and value-added data products and services worldwide.• Supported WSI's Aviation Forecast Operations for weather data access, retrieval, and outages and fielded questions/inquiries… Show more • Provided meteorological quality control for WSI’s global products and services including NOWrad Mosaic Radar, satellite imagery, lightning networks, and market-specific custom graphics.• Monitored WSI’s Central Facility System involving processes that ingest generate, and broadcast unaltered and value-added data products and services worldwide.• Supported WSI's Aviation Forecast Operations for weather data access, retrieval, and outages and fielded questions/inquiries on airports, NOTAMs, VORs, and flight routes.• Generated short-fused narratives, forecast discussions, and weather alerts for significant events including severe weather, snow/ice, and tropical cyclones for aviation, energy, marine, and media clients.• Created numerous worldwide analysis and forecast graphics on a daily basis using Linux-based systems.• Utilized both UNIX and Linux-based systems for data monitoring and retrieval.• Considerable expertise and in-depth knowledge of WSI’s NOWrad false echo suppression algorithm network, including quality control methods, single-site clutter/anomalous propagation removal techniques, and seasonal algorithm maintenance.• Customer service role in fault isolation, escalation, and resolution for product lines, client inquires/problems, communications, and facility.• Extensive experience and expertise for support of top 50 DMA television broadcasting groups including Hearst, Gannett, and CTV. Show less

• Monitored/quality controlled world temperature and precipitation tables, plotted world surface maps, compiled/disseminated crop reports and forecasts for the Commodities Division, and assisted Forecast Operations in disseminating forecasts for Energy and Utility clients.

• Recorded current observations and daily climatological data.

• Acquired/organized data and prepared graphics for on-camera meteorologists.