Bill Conway's 25 year career in meteorology has included research, applied algorithm and systems development, and operational forecasting. In 2000 he moved into the private sector and co-founded Weather Decision Technologies. His title is Vice President, International Systems and his current responsibilities include international marketing, sales, and systems installation. He received his BS in meteorology from Metropolitan State College in Denver (1986) and his MS in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma (1990). He finished the American Meteorological Society Certified Consulting Meteorologist program in 2004. He worked at the National Center of Atmospheric Research in Boulder (1984-1988) participating in several field projects while doing research on severe thunderstorms. He moved to Norman in 1988 to attend OU where he also worked at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) as a graduate assistant. In 1990 he moved to the tropics and worked as an operational forecaster on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. He returned to NSSL in 1994 where he was involved in the NEXRAD, NWS, and FAA programs and the prototyping of new technologies developed at NSSL within operational settings. At NSSL he was involved in numerous field programs including the management of NSSL's participation in the Sydney 2000 Olympics Forecast Demonstration Project. Bill is currently managing the participation of WDT in the 2008 Beijing Olympics where WDT is providing three key technologies for nowcasting during the games. He has earned several awards, the most prestigious being a 1999 joint US Department of Commerce Silver Medal for development of advanced applications on the NEXRAD radar system. He has authored or co-authored over 30 publications on meteorology and hydrology. Bill has been a member of the AMS since 1984 and a member of the NWA since 1994. He served as associate editor of the journal of Weather and Forecasting from 1994 to 1997 and is currently an associate editor of the NWA Weather Digest and the Electronic Journal.



