• Award-Winning Leader who offers a background in Meteorology, Forecasting, Scientific Design, Team Building, Training, Strategic Analysis, Quality Control / Assurance, and Multi-Project Development / Support, as well as Community Outreach, Public Relations, and Public Education, and exhibits an ability to see the big picture in evolving, fast-xxxxxxced weather situations to provide up-to-date weather data and forecasts to a large-scale audience.
• Top Performer who boasts above-average career results, and can make sound decisions to reflect positively on operations in alignment with meteorology goals, including demonstrating a proven history of attaining recognition from the National Weather Service for increasing awareness for aviation safety and developing outreach materials.
• Excellent Communicator who seamlessly liaises among all levels of industry professionals, peers, and the general public, and further exhibits knowledge in weather theory, products, and technologies to achieve objectives.

  Honored as Best Weathercaster by the St. Louis Riverfront Times.

  Recognized with an Emmy Nomination as KMOV-TV s Best Weathercaster.

  Received a Dedicated Service Award by Environmental Quality Research for increasing forecast efficiency.

  Achieved a Superior Performance Award presented by the National Weather Service for increasing awareness for aviation safety and developing outreach materials for the NWS located in Anchorage, AK.

  Received KMOV-TV s Extra Mile Award for extraordinary dedication to consistently supporting news and marketing dexxxxxxrtments as a xxxxxxrt of critical station commitments.

  Awarded Employee of the Month honors twice by KMOV s President and General Manager, News Director, and the station s Employee Advisory Board.

(2004 Present)

Senior Research Scientist

  Utilize broad scope of industry knowledge and dynamic scientific acumen toward mentoring and managing a top-performing team of scientific programmers and interns to consistently ensure quality results, including promoting a solutions-focused workplace that encourages team members to contribute ideas and techniques to key projects.

  Expertly research and implement scientific methods to evaluate large meteorological datasets, along with contributing sharp analytical abilities and superior attention-to-detail to develop problem-resolving algorithms.

  Exhibit experience working with large historic and forecast weather datasets to extract statistical analysis that can be used in probability and uncertainty applications, and further work with NWS gridded model data; extract information from both model and computed fields and NWS forecast models using GrADS; compile, configure, and run WRF weather models; and regularly work with GRIB and GRIB2 data formats to achieve objectives.

  Successfully developed quality control and quality assurance methods for meteorological data.

  Collaborated with teams to develop major comxxxxxxny projects and educate staff on scientific methods.

(1997 2004)

Adjunct Professor

  Strategically steered results-oriented planning and delivery of engaging television and broadcast meteorology courses, including drawing on a lifetime of experience as a weathercaster and meteorologist to successfully train undergraduate meteorology students in the art of scientific communication and boost outside classroom success.

  Developed and led the Meteorology Dexxxxxxrtment s first TV and radio broadcast meteorology courses, including researching university programs, costs, and equipment needs to facilitate launch.

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(1994 2004)

Meteorologist

  Played a vital role in directing accurate and reliable weathercasting and meteorology initiatives within a fast-xxxxxxced television station environment, including proactively working within deadlines and changing weather conditions to meet station needs and disseminate critical severe weather information in adherence with public safety efforts.

  Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of weather systems and its imxxxxxxct on public safety and coordination with the newsroom, along with actively promoting outreach initiatives to appear at events and educate the public.

  Explained on-air programs and responded to key questions by using strong communications, interpersonal relations, and public relations talents to facilitate popular on-air promotions and xxxxxxrticixxxxxxte in public appearances.

  Designed, managed, and led the first official air quality forecast in the St. Louis region.

  Designed new methods to analyze meteorological data for more timely and accurate forecasts.

  Educated staff and developed new tools to enhance forecast and weather dexxxxxxrtment efficiencies.

Doctorate of Philosophy in Meteorology

Dissertation A Study to Develop a Methodology to Test Mesoscale Models to Forecast Pollen Counts

Master of Science in Professional Meteorology

Bachelor of Science in Meteorology

MM5 Tutorial NCAR ￨ HYSPLIT Training Workshop

5S System Workplace Organization Training ￨ Technology Collaborative by Catalyst Connection

National Weather Service Workshops Climate Forecast System v2 (9-Month Climate Forecast Model)

UNIX ￨ Linux ￨ HYSPLIT ￨Bufkit ￨ GrADS ￨ FORTRAN ￨ Bash Scripting ￨ MySQL ￨ R ￨ Microsoft Office

American Meteorology Society ￨ Sigma Xi National Scientific Research Society

Xxxxxxst President St. Louis University College of Arts & Sciences Alumni Association

Refereed Publications

Pietrowicz, J.A., and F.A. Schiermeier, 1978: Observational Evidence of Systematic Radiosonde Temperature Sensing Anomalies. J. Appl. Meteor., 17, 1572 1575.

Xxxxxxn, Z., Pivonia, S., Xxxxxxsken, R., Pietrowicz, J., and Yang, X.B. 2004. Simulation of airborne dispersal potentials of soybean rust from Africa to South America and from South America to North America. Phytoxxxxxxthology 94: S80.

Presentations

Xxxxxxn, Z., X.B. Yang, S. Pivonia, R. Xxxxxxsken, and J. Pietrowicz, 2004: Simulation of airborne dispersal potentials of soybean rust from Africa to South America, Presented at the annual meeting of The American Phytoxxxxxxthological Society, Anaheim, CA, July 30 Aug. 2, 2004.

Xxxxxxn, Z., X.B. Yang, S. Pivonia, R. Xxxxxxsken, and J. Pietrowicz, 2004: Simulation of airborne dispersal potentials of soybean rust from Africa to South America, Presented at the annual meeting of The American Phytoxxxxxxthological Society, Anaheim, CA, July 30 Aug. 2, 2004.

Conference Presentations

JUNE 25, 2002 mm5 Users Conference

Session 6: Application in Air Quality

-Using mesoscale meteorological models as tools to forecast pollen concentrations

Robert Xxxxxxsken (Saint Louis University) and Joseph Pietrowicz (KMOV-TV)

-Testing of Mesoscale Meteorological Models as a Tool to Forecast Pollen Concentrations

Joseph Pietrowicz (KMOV-TV) and Robert Xxxxxxsken (Dexxxxxxrtment of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Saint Louis University)

Date

Hiring Agent Name

Comxxxxxxny Name

Address

City/State/Zip Code

Dear__________________:

I am seeking a challenging Manager of Meteorology role, and am submitting my resume for your review.

I am excited to build a rewarding career with your comxxxxxxny, and can offer cross-functional experience in Meteorology, Forecasting, Scientific Design, Strategic Analysis / Planning, Trends Tracking, Team Building, Training / Development, Quality Control / Assurance, and Multi-Project Development / Support. I am also well-versed in Community Outreach, Public Relations, and Public Education, among other areas.

To complement my background, please note that I attained a Ph.D. in Meteorology, an M.S. in Professional Meteorology, and a B.S. in Meteorology from Saint Louis University.

A sampling of my experience includes my previous role as a Meteorologist with KMOV-TV Channel 4 (CBS affiliate) where I successfully directed accurate and reliable weathercasting and meteorology initiatives within a fast-xxxxxxced television station environment, including proactively working within deadlines and changing weather conditions to meet station needs and disseminate critical severe weather information in adherence with public safety efforts. Within this role, I also actively promoted community outreach to appear at events and educate the public and used strong communications, interpersonal relations, and public relations talents to facilitate popular on-air promotions and xxxxxxrticixxxxxxte in public appearances.

An example of my career achievements include:

  Emmy Nomination as KMOV-TV s Best Weathercaster.

  Best Weathercaster honors by the St. Louis Riverfront Times.

  Dedicated Service Award by Environmental Quality Research for increasing forecast efficiency.

  Superior Performance Award presented by the National Weather Service for increasing awareness for aviation safety and developing outreach materials for the NWS located in Anchorage, AK.

  KMOV-TV s Extra Mile Award for extraordinary dedication to consistently supporting news and marketing dexxxxxxrtments as a xxxxxxrt of critical station commitments.

  Employee of the Month honors twice by KMOV s President and General Manager, News Director, and the station s Employee Advisory Board.

[ Suggestion! Address Here Any Skills / Qualifications / Achievements Relevant to the Job Posting ]. As this is just a xxxxxxrt of my employment background, please kindly refer to my enclosed resume for additional experience, as well as technical proficiencies and professional publications and presentations.

I look forward to hearing from you, and thank you in advance for your careful consideration.

Sincerely,

Yyyyyy x. yyyyyy