Education:

• B.S., Meteorology, Florida State University, 1975 summa cum laude
• Ph.D., Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981 

Certifications:

• Certified Consulting Meteorologist (Certificate #538) by the American Meteorological Society 

Experience:

• President of Climatological Consulting Corporation since 1998
• President & Chief Scientist of Environmental Dynamics Research since 1988
• Graduate Faculty of the University of Miami's Division of Meteorology & Physical Oceanography 1980-1988   Adjunct Faculty 1991-2001

Professional Activities:

• Member of Climate Research Committee, National Research Council since 2001
•  President of National Council of Industrial Meteorologists 1998-1999
•  Member of Board of Certified Consulting Meteorologists  1996-2000 (Chairman 1999-2000)

Research and Consulting:

• Consultant to major corporations and public agencies on the effect of weather and climate on business activities.
• Research has been sponsored by National Science Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and US Army Corps of Engineers.
• Numerous technical articles in professional journals and conference proceedings on Atmospheric Dynamics, Mid-latitude Cyclones, Climate Processes, Global Climate Change, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Fog Formation Processes, Planetary Atmospheres, Sediment Transport Measurement, Aviation Meteorology, Extreme Rainfall, Weather Risk & Derivatives, Windstorms, and Forensic Meteorology.

Awards:

• NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, 1986. 
• Carl-Gustav Rossby Award for most outstanding Ph.D. thesis submitted to M.I.T. Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography, 1981. 
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research graduate fellowship awarded nationally to most outstanding graduate students in meteorology, 1975-77.