Roadrunner Venture Studios

Head of Department

• Lead the atmospheric science function and connect scientific validation with operational deployment
• Set scientific strategy for evaluating atmospheric conditions, selecting deployment windows, interpreting results, and improving operating criteria
• Integrate forecasts, historical datasets, soundings, radar, satellite imagery, surface observations, and field-sensor data into scientific assessments
• Review data before, during, and after deployments; compare predicted and observed conditions and communicate conclusions and uncertainty
• Work with science, software, and field teams to improve observation methods, data quality, operational prediction, and post-deployment analysis
• Lead the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) modeling program for deployment planning, atmospheric prediction, scenario analysis, and post-deployment review
• Architect WRF data assimilation using WRFDA, DART, or similar frameworks
• Build an operational modeling chain for high-resolution WRF simulations
• Evaluate AI and machine learning weather models and emulators
• Develop cloud and high-performance computing workflows for model execution, data management, analysis, and visualization
• Set technical priorities and communicate scientific findings, limitations, and uncertainty to leadership and research partners
• Recruit, mentor, and lead atmospheric scientists, meteorologists, data scientists, and scientific software engineers
• Build relationships with universities, national laboratories, research institutions, and scientific partners

Head of Atmospheric Research