A meteorologist and expert witness with more than 45 years of professional experience, this expert specializes in weather event reconstruction, meteorological data analysis, severe-weather interpretation, and web-based retrieval of weather information. He has more than 15 years of expert witness experience providing litigation consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. His education includes a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Meteorology from Florida State University, each with a mathematics minor, followed by additional coursework in meteorology, mathematics, management, and related subjects. His professional credentials include certification as a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and Certified Broadcast Meteorologist through the American Meteorological Society.

His forensic work includes obtaining and analyzing weather data, reconstructing conditions surrounding specific events, interpreting weather information, helping develop graphics and visualizations for trials, testifying for law firms and insurers, and teaching attorneys basic weather interpretation. His technical background includes severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, flash flooding, ocean storms, remote sensing, satellite imagery interpretation, forecasting, disaster preparedness, and weather safety. Earlier federal responsibilities included severe-storm forecasting, service as a lead forecaster and disaster preparedness meteorologist, leadership and coordination of National Weather Service severe-weather, winter-storm, and hurricane programs, participation on NOAA disaster survey teams, and management of satellite-imagery interpretation training for government and broadcast meteorologists.

He has experience as a Director of the National Weather Camp Program and an on-air weather and hurricane expert. His professional service has included appointments with the American Meteorological Society and National Weather Association on boards and committees addressing private-sector meteorology, consulting meteorology, professional affairs, training, education, weather analysis, and conference programming. He has also served as a contributing and associate editor for Weatherwise, reviewed material for a national science-education journal, and authored or developed numerous technical, educational, and public-facing publications concerning severe weather, satellite meteorology, forecasting, emergency preparedness, and weather safety.