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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WLKY-TV; Louisville, Kentucky
Morning Meteorologist
December 2004 – Present
• Effectively prepare and deliver accurate forecasts for the morning and noon broadcasts.
• Closely work with the chief meteorologist to forecast and produce pertinent graphics for the weekday evening newscasts.
• Integral part of dominant team coverage during severe weather events that is continuously trusted by the most viewers in the market
• Promoted to weekday morning newscasts from weekend mornings in 2008.

KAVU-TV; Victoria, Texas
Morning Meteorologist
January 2003 – November 2004
• Successfully co-hosted and served as the weather anchor for the “Sunrise” show, which doubled in viewership during tenure
• Provided wall-to-wall coverage during Hurricane Claudette, the largest November tornado outbreak in the region’s history, and a major flash flood event in South Texas
• Performed live remote weather broadcasts and reported on weather related topics

AWS Convergence Technologies
Freelance Radio Meteorologist
June 2004 – November 2004
• Delivered hurricane coverage for Westwood One radio stations throughout the Gulf and East Coasts during the extremely active 2004 hurricane season that reached millions of listeners
• Coverage highlights included three major landfalling hurricanes (Charley, Ivan and Jeanne)
• Worked both independently and in a team environment to provide 24-hour a day coverage anytime hurricane warnings were in effect

KATU-TV; Portland, Oregon
Weather Intern
June 2001 – August 2001
• Assisted chief meteorologist with daily forecasting and graphic production duties
• Maintained daily communication with the state-wide weather watcher network
• Responsible for timely forecast updates on the station’s weather website

EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma
Bachelor of Science, Meteorology 2002
Minor in Geography

RELATED SKILLS

Weather Systems: WSI Weather Producer, WSI TruView, WSI Titan, WSI Traffic, Baron Fastrac, Baron VIPIR, Baron Skywarn, Weather Central Genesis, AWS WeatherNet and Skywarn 2000

News: ENPS, AP Newscenter, Pathfire, Internet Broadcasting Phaedra, package writing