CAREER GOAL

To be an integral part of a successful and competitive weather team.

EXPERIENCE

TELEVISION

WPTV NewsChannel 5 - West Palm Beach, FL

April 2007-Present - Meteorologist/ Multi-Media Journalist

WBFF FOX 45 - Baltimore, MD

• April 2006-May2007 - Freelance/Fill-in Meteorologist

SBG NewsCentral - Baltimore, MD

• December 2003-April 2006 - Staff Meteorologist
• Main Meteorologist for up to three station's 10pm news every night. Regular cities include Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Buffalo. Others include Tampa, Las Vegas, Oklahoma City and Baltimore.

WSPA News Channel 7 - (CBS) - Spartanburg, SC

• August 2003-December 2003 - Freelance Meteorologist.
• Performed weekend night and morning weather.

WBTW News13 - (CBS) - Florence, SC

• August 2000-December 2003 - Morning/Noon Meteorologist.
• Performed morning/noon weather for news Monday-Friday. Including many live shots, interviews, packages and public appearances.

13WMAZ - (CBS) - Macon, GA

• April 1998-August 2000 - Weekend Meteorologist/Photographer/Reporter.
• Weekend morning weather, and weekend evening newscasts.
• Reporting and fill-in work during the week.
• News Photographer: ran the live truck, shot and edited stories.

WDTV - (CBS 5) - Clarksburg, WV

• February 1998-April 1998 - Chief Meteorologist.
• Monday-Friday 5:30pm, 6:00pm, and 11:00pm newscasts, managed two person weather team.

WTWC - (NBC News 40) - Tallahassee, FL

• April 1997-February 1998 - Weather Assistant/Internship.
• Worked with Chief Meteorologist to prepare and produce forecast for nightly news. Also appeared on air a few times during severe weather.

Cable-TV, FSU Channel 47 - Tallahassee, FL

• April 1996-April 1997 - On-air broadcast meteorologist for local FSU cable station.
• Helped start-up college weather program for broadcast.

TEACHING

Bibb County Schools, Macon Private Schools

• Sept 1998-May 2000 – Substitute Teacher - Various County Schools K-12, Macon, GA.
• Substitute Teacher - St. Joseph's Catholic School, Tattnall Square Academy, Stratford Academy. Middle and High School level.

STARS Academy Mentoring Program

• Sept 1993-May 1994 – Mentor - Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
• Mentored learning disabled teens to prepare them for college.

SCIENCE

TASBEX

June 1994-June 1995 – Participated in the Tallahassee Area Seabreeze Experiment.

Collected scientific data in the field to help determine the affect of the Sea Breeze on the Florida Panhandle.

EDUCATION

Florida State University

• Attended 1994-1996. Graduated with a B.S. degree in meteorology and a minor in broadcast communications and mathematics.

Broward Community College

• Attended 1990-1992. Graduated with high honors from Broward Community College receiving an Associate of Arts degree.

Coconut Creek High School

Attended 1986-1990. Was the vice-president of the ecology club and on the swim team for two years. Was also a member of the Civil Air Patrol for two years.

AWARDS / GROUP ACTIVITIES

American Meteorological Society (AMS) Seal Of Approval #1108

Voted "Best TV Personality 2003" runner-up in the Morning News Newspaper

National Weather Association (NWA)

FSU Alumni Association

Surfrider Foundation

COMPUTER / SPECIAL SKILLS

Weather Systems

• WSI-Pro WeatherProducer, TrueView
• WeatherCentral Genesis, ADONIS
• Accuweather Galileo

Doppler Systems

• Baron VIPIR
• Baron FastTrac StormTracker Doppler Radar
• ADC DopRad
• AccuWeather Neighborhood NEXRAD

Severe Weather Crawl Systems

• Baron StormWarn crawl system
• WSI SkyAlert crawl system
• Q-Alert warning system

Newsroom Systems

• Newstar
• AP NewsCenter
• iNEWS

Other

Web design

Windows 95/98/NT/XP and UNIX

Photography / Videojournalism

VHS/BETA video editing

Microwave live truck operation