Quality Assurance Engineer

Jim PolitisMeteorologist(***) ***-****PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEWPTZ, Plattsburgh, NY

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Weekend Meteorologist - FreelanceCreate and present Weather Central graphics for 6 PM and 11 PM weekend showsUpdate web content: video forecast, written forecast and Facebook

Weather Services International (WSI), Andover, MA

2011 - Present

Software Quality Assurance Engineer/ Meteorologist (2011-Present)Combine knowledge of TruVu Max with broadcast meteorology experience

to develop Max softwareLead software tester for scene building within MaxWork with broadcasters and engineers in developing a powerful weather graphics creation toolDesign and present weather graphics, using a wide variety of TruVu Max featuresWork with other members of Max development team to improve features of TruVu MaxKIMT, Mason City, IA 2007 - 2011

Assistant Chief Meteorologist (2008-2011)Create and present WSI graphics for 4 PM shows three days a week and all weekend showsLive coverage, in-studio and in the field, of tornados, severe thunderstorms, record flooding and blizzardsPrimary fill-in for morning and evening broadcasts, including management of severe weather situationsUpdate web content: two video web forecasts, forecast discussion, Facebook and TwitterShoot, write and edit weather-related packagesForecast for Cerro Gordo Emergency Management Agency during flood emergenciesProvide educational weather talks and tours of KIMT-TV studio to community groups and schoolsProvide live and recorded weather forecast for local radio stationsGenerate weather section with localized forecast and climate information for local newspapers Meteorologist (2007-2008)Create and present WSI graphics in morning and weekend showsWCAX, Burlington, VT

2007

Weekend Meteorologist - FreelanceCreate and present WSI graphics for 6 PM and 11 PM weekend showsPresent 60- and 90-second cut-ins for 24 hour weather channelLyndon State College TV, News 7, Lyndonville, VT

2006 - 2007

Broadcast MeteorologistCreate and deliver live weather forecasts on college news channel, broadcast to Northeast VermontCERTIFICATION AND AWARDSUpper Midwest Regional Emmy

2011Daytime Newscast - "Team Coverage: Severe Weather Outbreak"Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) - American Meteorological Society (AMS)

2010CBM #466Certificate of Recognition from NWS Forecast Office, Des Moines, IA

2008For coverage of multiple winter storms, tornadoes (including an EF5) and Midwest Floods of 2008EDUCATIONB.S. Meteorology, A.S. Computer Science, Mathematics Minor

Lyndon State College, Lyndonville, VT - May 2007

COMPUTER SKILLS

Broadcast Software: WSI TruVu Max/TruVu Storm/ShowFX/TruVu Titan/Prism, Weather Central :Live/3D:Live/ESP:Live, ENPS

Weather Software: GR Level 3, Bufkit, NWSChat

Other Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Dreamweaver, Power Point, Word, Excel, Access

Languages: UNIX, HTML, CSS, PHP, Java Script, C, C++, FORTRAN, Visual Basic

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONSAmerican Meteorological SocietyMember (2002 - Present)Member of Local Chapter Affairs Committee (2006 - 2009)

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