Curriculum Vitae/Resume

(Updated August 2025)

Career Summary

2018-

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office Chicago
Romeoville, IL

Senior Service Hydrologist (Hydrology Program Leader), Cartographer

2010-2018

National Weather Service Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center
Slidell, LA

Hydrologist, Senior Hydrologist, Cartographer

Professional Credentials

Certified GIS Professional (GISP #91745)

Education Summary

Leadership Northshore, Class of 2018

Master of Science, Environmental Science

Graduate Certificate, Geographic Information Systems

Bachelor of Science, Environmental Science, with minor in Meteorology

Concentrations: Hydrology, Meteorology, GIS, Modeling, Environmental Science 

NWS Training

2019 Hydrology Program Management, 2018 IDSS, 2016 Field Operations Management, 2016 WOC Flash Flood Track, 2014 HEC-RAS, 2013 COMET Flash Flood Hydrology, 2010 DLOC, 2010 AWOC.

Online training including: Flood Inundation Mapping, Hazard Services, Flash Flood Case Studies, Flash Flood Social Science, Urban Flooding, Unit Hydrograph Theory, Dam Failures, Tornado Warning Improvement Project, Climate Change, Understanding Drought, Dual Pol, Geodetic Datums, Dynamics of Leadership, Records Management, Scientific Integrity, and numerous GIS courses.

NWS Workshops

2023 Great Lakes Hydrology Community workshop, 2020 National Water Model IDSS Workshop, 2014 FFaIR, 2014 & 2015 MRMS Warning Experiment 

Awards and Honors

Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal co-recipient (2013, 2018)

J. of Hydrologic Eng. Case Study of the Year co-author (2018) 

Quality Step Increase promotion award recipient (2016, 2021)

NWS Southern Region Director's Award recipient (2011, 2012)
NWS Central Region Director's Award co-recipient (2020, 2023)

NWS Regional Isaac Cline Award recipient (2021)

NWS Local Isaac Cline Award recipient (2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 [2])

NWS local special act award recipient (2010-2017, 2019-2025)

Summary of Research Experience

Hydrologic modeling

NEXRAD precipitation estimate analysis

Rainfall frequency analysis

Flash flood assessment and nowcasting technique development

Historical weather and flood event analysis and research

GIS analysis

Summary of Research/Operational Skills

Knowledgable with HEC-HMS & SAC-SMA hydrological models

Knowledgable in ESRI and QGIS GIS products 

Knowledgable in Python, some experience with Matlab, Java, C++, Fortran