Matt Makens Email & Phone Number

Castle Rock, CO, US

Castle Rock

Deliver forecasts and communications pertaining to weather, climate, and crisis. Serving: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, CattleFax, Anipro Xtraformance Feeds, Canfax, Nusura and others.

Centennial, Colorado, United States

Centennial, Colorado, United States

College Station, Texas, United States

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Castle Rock, Colorado, United States

• Analyze complex weather and climate data and provide written synopses that can be easily understood by general public.
• Provide weather and climate decision-making support for Colorado Springs Department of Public Works, Pioneer Sand, and various banking and insurance providers.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Communicate weather information for more than 12 radio stations live and recorded daily, as well as on air, online, and via social media.
• Build and maintain personal brand on social media with highly engaged audience of more than 25,000 on Facebook alone.
• Collaborate with team members to improve productivity, accuracy, and overall product.
• Improved methods so much so that within 6 months of hiring, team became most accurate in marketplace following collaborative discussions to run data analytics via custom computer programming and verification methods.
• Expanded marketing and branding reach by advancing radio partnerships to dozens of locations across state, providing live and recorded weather and climate information.

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Improved ratings, generating more income for KMGH, by forecasting severe weather more accurately and positioning crews in best locations for on-air and digital coverage.
• Aired more severe-weather events live on KMGH than ever before by offering live storm chasing to viewers, as well as aftermath coverage with which no other station could compete.
• Grew viewers’ awareness that KMGH was go-to source for damaging weather information.
• Won 3 regional Emmy awards for best weathercaster.

Orlando, Florida, United States

• Offered significant cost savings to WFTV as well as onsite training that was more far reaching than ever before, supporting team members with evolving techniques and best practices.
• Won 2 regional Emmy awards for best weathercaster.
• Awarded designation as 12th person globally to earn Certified Broadcast Meteorologist from American Meteorological Society.

Wichita, Kansas, United States

• Served on corporate weather committee for Cox Media Group to ensure latest technology was utilized and helped set direction company-wide for visually captivating graphics and data display.

Salina, Kansas, United States

• Added credibility to agricultural product by providing near and long-term weather forecasts as well as climatological insight across corn belt, providing producers and farmers with timely information to improve.

Midland, Texas, United States

• Consulted with company management to implement wind and solar energy developments.
• Advanced climatological framework for solar and wind energy production by making automated process to analyze climate records, which identified geographic areas where renewable energy would be most profitable for.

Topeka, Kansas, United States

• Voluntarily trained in production techniques with goal of saving company money and hours by managing multiple components personally.
• Acted as meteorologist and production team by running technical operations of broadcast or field operations.
• Reduced forecast team’s time by automating system processes and forecasting data analysis.
• Awarded American Meteorological Society and National Weather Associated broadcast seals of approval.

Lawrence, Kansas, United States

• Launched and expanded first morning weather forecast product specific to Lawrence market.
• Furthered 6NEWS and Lawrence Journal World weather reach, accurately and with life-saving severe weather information.

Overland Park, Kansas, United States

• Worked in air quality and permitting for coal-fired power plants.
• Increased productivity and accuracy while saving company time and clients money by streamlining parts of modeling and results process of air-quality monitoring and permitting by creating automation techniques within.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

Taught introductory course to atmospheric science.