Francis Kredensor Email & Phone Number

Charleston, West Virginia, United States

Fulfilled all of the routine duties of a Lead Meteorologist, with a focus on encouraging forecaster development and a progressive office culture. Worked with a national team from the Analysis and Forecast Services Division at NWS HQ on a project regarding future changes to the Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor system suite of products. Primary tasks included coherently organizing, calculating, and cataloging the results of a user survey with over 200 responses from NWS users of MRMS, and developing & refining draft requirements for developers. Work was presented to the field in several briefings, as a poster presentation at the 2022 NWA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, and as an oral presentation at the 2023 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver.

Great Falls, Montana Area

Fulfilled all of the routine duties of a General Forecaster, in addition to being a co-acting WCM following the departure of the previous WCM in August 2020. I am "Deployment Ready" certified and provided on-site assistance for a concert and two Montana State University football games in 2019. I also serve as our Social Media Focal Point, lead a Health Partner Group designed to develop and strengthen ties with public health officials and hospitals, and lead our SKYWARN Spotter Training program. I received a FY2020 Local Cline Award for my work in Spotter Training and on-site IDSS deployments.

Caribou, Me

- Created and implemented a comprehensive training program for staff who are not familiar or comfortable with social media, to ensure that this important link to the public is well-maintained.- Oversaw continued success of local social media program and have expanded the use and variety of templates to allow for easier yet engaging posts. Social media following has grown from around 20,000 to over 40,000 in 1.5 years.- Performed website maintenance, posted news headlines, and answered questions from the public via email. - Created and released an improved Text Products page to allow easier use by the public and partners. The page may be viewed at weather.gov/car/textproducts- Provided on-site Decision Support Services (DSS) for the Bangor Waterfront Concert Series with the WCM, on an active weather day when thunderstorms were in the region, and were able to ensure the safety of attendees and successful completion of the concert.- Participated in remote DSS for the International Biathlon in Presque Isle, ME, and various smaller events and incidents for the Maine Forest Service, county EMAs, and local officials.- Involved in multiple public outreach events to increase our name recognition and exposure, including staffing a table at the Bangor State Fair, leading spotter talks, and leading station tours for the general public and school groups.- Successfully organized and led our Fall 2015 office workshop. - Participated in the local Severe Weather and DSS teams, including helping to update portions of the Severe Weather Intranet pages and provide questions for drills.- Issued severe convective warnings and statements in our 2016 severe weather season. Also hold Upper Air certification and regularly launch weather balloons.- Extensive use of the AWIPS 2 system, including the Graphical Forecast Editor, to produce forecast products for all time ranges.- Succesfully discharge all other observational and public desk duties of the Intern position.

Norman, Ok

- Issue daily forecasts and weather checks for a wide range of clients, including outdoor entertainment and sporting events, power companies, and onshore and offshore assets in the energy industry.- Monitor client locations for severe weather, issuing advance and real-time alerts as needed, employing an NWS-style watch/warning philosophy.- Issue tropical summary and forecast products during hurricane season.- Work on enhancing training processes for new hires and to expand marine meteorology knowledge among the staff.

Houston, Texas Area

• Create and issue forecasts for up to 10 days for maritime and land-based clients world-wide, with bulk of client base in the offshore energy industry. • August 2012 - Provided 24/7 on-site consulting and forecasting support for four weeks for a $5 billion construction project for a new platform offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia.• Currently hold certifications in Offshore Water Survival, HUET, and Personnel Transfer, in addition to First Aid/CPR certification.• Wrote summary on West Africa climatology and forecasting, and a guide to fog forecasting offshore Sakhalin Island, Russia.• Create hourly temperature forecasts for land-based clients.• Create and issue bulletins for tropical cyclones and areas of development. • Conduct weather watches using real-time data and alert clients of severe weather. • Create global graphical weather analyses using satellite imagery and observations. • Assist in website maintenance and local weather studies.• Initiated several efficiency reviews to streamline procedures in emails and billing.

Fishkill, Ny

• Produced site forecasts for land-based clients around the country and the world each day. • Handled calls from clients seeking more information or updates. • Performed customer service duties and setting up new clients after business hours. • Worked as a marine meteorologist, producing a daily East Coast and Gulf of Mexico forecast. • Produced forecasts and route recommendations for clients and updated forecasts as needed.

• Worked as a forecaster with the New York Times Group. Involved in creating graphical and text products for the New York Times and International Herald Tribune. • Answered questions regarding the weather and climate from the media and the public. • Directly involved in the planning of a major change in the weather page format in 2007.

• Prepared and recorded weekly forecasts for radio clients in three states, and also created web forecasts.• Managed shifts in video forecasting and "Daily Collegian" newspaper weather branches. • Responsibilities included delegation of tasks for the forecasters on the shift, quality control of forecast products, and ensuring the product was delivered to the client in a timely manner.

• Worked as a teaching assistant for a lab section of the Meteo 003 class geared toward non-meteorology students. Lab sections provided supplementary instruction and problem sets for homework. • Provided an additional resource for students with questions, graded assignments, and was available for office hours prior to tests.• As a grader for the Meteo 414 Mesoscale Meteorology course, primary duties involved creating answer keys for problem sets in conjunction with the professor and then grading problem sets. • Was also available for office hours prior to tests.

• Performed statistical analysis on SREF ensemble model data using Matlab. • Learned basics of the SCIPUFF dispersion model and used analysis results in SCIPUFF. • Position was part of research team funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency.• Research team produced several papers and conference presentations.

• Completed a volunteer summer internship for the Mid-Atlantic River Forecast Center (RFC). • Shadowed many forecaster shifts and completed a rainfall climatology project for the RFC. • Spent several weeks learning aviation- and observation-related NWS WFO duties.