Dan Stillman Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Helped build CapitalWeather.com, the world’s first professional weather blog, into DC area’s leading online weather source; eventually noticed and acquired by The Washington Post, re-named Capital Weather Gang (CWG), and now a digital powerhouse for local and national weather coverage. • Predict DC area weather based on model guidance and forecast experience; effectively and engagingly communicate forecast on CWG blog; provide severe weather and winter storm coverage via the web and social media.• Deliver on-air forecast for WAMU 88.5 FM (Washington’s NPR news station).• Intimately familiar with global (GFS, ECMWF, Canadian) and regional (NAM, HRRR, RAP) model output, both operational and ensemble.• Help guide overall strategy and direction of Washington Post weather on the web, mobile and social media; 1M CWG Twitter followers, 130K CWG Facebook followers.• Conceptualize, design, and implement innovative approaches to communicating weather information, including CWG's "boom-bust" snow forecast map with confidence levels (https://wapo.st/346z09M).• Designed set of 100+ weather icons for at-a-glance forecast and decision tree assigning each icon to predicted weather conditions. • Write/edit hundreds of weather/climate-related articles (https://wapo.st/3oMosoe); translate and distill complex science topics for public and student audiences; manage contributor submissions.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Led the full range of marketing activities for the Government and Space business.• Worked closely with BD to support lead generation, pending deals, and proofs of concepts.• Created compelling marketing materials, provided weather forecasting support, and prepared forecast verification materials.• Managed marketing presence for exhibitions and conferences and aligned messaging with business objectives.• Led marketing and PR activities related to announcement of SPAC merger.• Guided government affairs and media relations strategies; wrote press releases and coordinated with PR firm.• Identified, prioritized, and proposed solutions for critical gaps in weather forecast and product performance.

Melbourne, Florida, Us

Led marketing strategy for L3Harris’ weather satellite and GPS satellite businesses, which provide NOAA, the U.S. Air Force, and international customers with advanced sensors and ground systems for weather forecasting, environmental monitoring, and GPS navigation.• Worked closely with executive leadership, BD, communications, government relations, and other cross-functional teams to align marketing strategy, messaging, advertising, trade show planning, thought leadership, and sponsorship/membership activities to business objectives.• Developed and implemented creative marketing strategies that improved win probability, increased brand affinity, and demonstrated commitment to customer missions, helping to position for more than $4 billion in next-gen satellite opportunities.• Conceptualized, led the strategy, and worked with cross-functional teams to execute compelling digital storytelling content and videos that showcased our innovation and the value of our customer’s missions:-Weather 2030: https://engage.l3harris.com/weather-2030-Little Blue Dot: https://engage.l3harris.com/little-blue-dot-gps-story-GOES-R Game Changer: https://youtu.be/0Jjh1cT-6Dc-GOES-R Year One: https://youtu.be/B2uKQ8gO5d8-CrIS Hyperspectral Sounder: https://youtu.be/m-CvSwDWSvk-Intelligent Pointing: https://youtu.be/K89QRAuLxoY• Planned and managed annual marketing budget. Drove marketing strategy for industry events to position for key pursuits and facilitate customer engagement.• Project manager for GOES-S launch activities (marketing presence, guest relations, etc.).• Regular dialogue with industry counterparts to track key developments in science, technology and policy issues, and bring voice of customer back to the business.• Organized the "Weather Value Chain of the Future" series of AMS Annual Meeting town halls.• Completed 2019 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Summer Policy Colloquium.• Member of AMS diversity, inclusion and equity working group.

Golden, Colorado, Us

Leveraged marketing, meteorology, and engagement expertise along with entrepreneurial spirit to lead start-up marketing strategy and media relations, enable sales and business development, and support investor and government relations.• Developed and executed marketing strategy to introduce PlanetiQ to the marketplace; targeted four distinct audiences: customers, investors, media and Congress; created/edited 200+ presentations for executive team.• Collaborated with executive team and lobbyist on government relations strategy; prepared briefing materials that helped shape NOAA's Commercial Weather Data Pilot program; interacted with House and Senate staffers.• Researched and identified sales leads, investor leads and potential partners; crafted and delivered meeting requests on behalf of executive team, resulting in numerous sales calls and opportunities to pitch top-tier VCs.• Built database of ~700 high-level contacts at ~1000 organizations worldwide in the areas of weather, space, media, investment, and weather-impacted verticals; created custom filters to easily sort by categories relevant to business plan.• Selected, implemented, and maintained CRM tool to track sales pipeline, investor progress and industry conferences.• Executed email marketing campaigns that nurtured sales leads and generated dialogue with customers and partners: open rates >30% (industry avg: ~18%), click rates >10% (industry avg: ~2.5%), unsubscribes <0.05%.• Identified and managed thought leadership and sponsorship opportunities (avg. 12+ per year).• Managed website redesign (still live at www.planetiq.com) and revamp of key messaging.• Drafted press releases, web content, collateral, white papers, op-eds and RFIs.• Identified and pitched reporters covering start-ups, space and weather, resulting in 25+ articles in industry-leading publications (e.g., Forbes, Reuters, Fast Company, Space News, Washington Post).

Germantown, Md, Us

Managed full suite of enterprise marketing activities for energy and utilities, state and local government, emergency management, transportation, sports and recreation; supported sales team and surpassed lead-gen goals.• Developed and executed comprehensive and content-rich digital marketing campaigns targeting enterprise and consumer audiences; increased year-over-year lead-generation.• Managed annual enterprise marketing budgets (~$200K) for energy and utilities, government, emergency management, transportation, sports and recreation.• Identified, selected, and managed company presence at shows (~15/yr); worked with sales team and PR to maximize show impact via pre-show, during-show and post-show marketing.• Created and delivered content-based email blasts (~20/yr) for lead-gen with high open rates (~20%), high click-through rates, and low unsubscribes; managed email lists totaling ~50,000. • Coordinated, promoted, and produced webinars hosted by staff meteorologists; tripled webinar attendance via creative, systematic email marketing.• Organized and secured speakers and panelists for twice-yearly seminars targeting energy weather community; doubled seminar attendance via email marketing and new partnerships.• Developed and worked with designer to produce eye-catching collateral, case studies and booth properties.• Scripted and managed production of up-tempo videos for lead-gen and use by sales team.• Executed go-to-market campaign for new energy efficiency and demand response program.• Researched and secured speaking opportunities (~4/yr) for thought leadership.• Maintained, updated, and enhanced corporate website using HTML and content management system; managed developer for web projects; daily use of SalesForce, Lyris and DotNetNuke.

Managed science communications, education, and outreach activities, with focus on translating and distilling complex science topics for student, educator, and public audiences; led media relations.• Researched, authored, and edited educational Earth and space science articles appearing on the NASA website; articles explained NASA science topics and missions, communicated the work of NASA scientists, and inspired the next generation of scientists and explorers.• Authored feature-length stories on use of technology to observe Earth and climate change.• Translated and distilled complex science topics for student, educator and public audiences.• Developed, edited, and reviewed education and outreach materials for NASA, NOAA and NSF; ensured that materials were clear, scientifically accurate and audience-appropriate.• Managed and promoted science-infused contests that engaged thousands of students nationwide in art, photography and environmental research.• Wrote and disseminated press releases; crafted compelling news hooks that enticed national media to attend and report on events related to weather, climate and the environment.• Conducted media outreach for IGES-led events, including sponsored by NOAA and NASA.• Wrote and successfully placed op-eds advocating for sustained and improved Earth monitoring.• Wrote and edited congressional testimony on the importance of observing Earth.• Maintained, updated and, enhanced IGES websites using HTML, CSS and CMS.• Compiled and coordinated production of annual IGES newsletter (ex: http://bit.ly/TvXZZj).• Completed Summer 2007 Weather & Society * Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) workshop.

• Researched and wrote news and feature articles on weather, climate, environment, and other science topics for The Washington Post’s KidsPost, Weatherwise Magazine and other publications.• Translated and distilled complex science topics for public and student audiences.

• Coordinated journal's peer-review process, which involved tracking hundreds of manuscripts and hundreds of reviewers; occasional editing of manuscripts.

Rockville, Md, Us

• Issued custom weather forecasts for agriculture and energy sectors, WMATA, etc.• Composed written weather summaries to help clients make better decisions.

• Sports writing, editing, and layout work for daily and weekly newspapers.• Covered NCAA men's basketball, women's basketball and hockey tournaments.• Learned to write on deadline and competed with local and national newspapers on investigative stories.

• Interned for Bob Ryan, station's chief meteorologist.• Helped select and prepare video and graphics for weather segment.• Worked with Doppler radar system (updated geography and generated images).• Compiled information for annual weather almanac (editor for 2005 almanac).

B.S., Atmospheric, Oceanic And Space Sciences

M.S., Meteorology

Education record