High School Software

John Lawrence Sullivan, Jr.

http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu/~jsull

To secure an applied meteorology-related position utilizing the skills I have acquired in Geographical

Objective

Information Systems (GIS), system administration, and/or computer programming, as well as provide

opportunities to acquire further knowledge in these skills.

M.S., Meteorology, 2008: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Education

Modeling Streamflow Using Gauge-Only Versus Multi-Sensor Rainfall

Graduated from thesis option with 3.61 GPA

B.S., Meteorology, 2005: Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Graduated Cum Laude (3.69 GPA) with minors in Computer Science, Math, and Physics

High School Diploma, 2001: Venice High School, Venice, FL

Graduated with Honors and Pride Certificate in Mathematics

Wyle Information Systems (Federal Contractor)

Career-

Mesoscale Prediction Branch, Meteorological Development Laboratory, National Weather Service, NOAA

Related

1325 East West Highway, SSMC-2 W/OST21 #10124, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Experience

Scientific Programmer/Analyst (June 2008 through Present)

Development of a customized four-dimensional weather software (IC4D) prototype to enhance aviation

weather forecasts and determine role of the Meteorologist-In-The-Loop for the Weather Information

DataBase - part of the overall Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) project

IC4D software used to create combinations of different sources of guidance (model blending)

Support of users at IC4D test and evaluation sites in Alaska and Hawaii

Software development focused in the following areas: object oriented programming (C++/Python),

Graphical User Interface design and development, client-server system architecture

Manipulate gridded meteorological datasets in GRIB, GRIB2, and NetCDF formats

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Division of Water Resource Management, Bureau of Watershed Management

Jan Mandrup-Poulsen, Environmental Administrator - 850-***-****

Environmental Specialist III (December 2007 through May 2008)

Provided support of radar-derived rainfall database and its utilization in hydrologic models

Input on development of statewide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for mercury-contaminated

waters -- deposition from atmosphere & source-receptor relationships

Professor Fuelberg s Research Lab [http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu]

Dr. Henry E. Fuelberg, Department of Meteorology, Florida State University

404 Love Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306-4520

********@***.***.*** 850-***-**** Office: 364 Love Bldg.

Graduate Research Assistant (August 2005 through January 2008)

Modeling Streamflow Using Gauge-Only Versus Multi-Sensor Rainfall (thesis topic)

Quality-controlled Florida rain gauge data and prepared the FSU Multi-sensor Precipitation Estimator

product; worked with scientists to subset and distribute the dataset for their needs

Forecasted and supported team members for the NASA DC-8 aircraft during the INTEX-B field

campaign (Spring 2006 - ran trajectory model, created/updated products website, part of science team

in Anchorage forecasting the best possible flight path scenarios for measuring pollution leaving the

Asian continent)

Webmaster and System Administrator for lab computing (May 2004 through January 2008)

Over 15 users on networked workstations (Windows, Sun Solaris, Linux) and servers (Sun Solaris, Linux)

Heavily involved in decisions on hardware/software/printers/network design, purchases, and upgrades

Installed numerous software utilizing large datasets with requirements of RAID storage, multiple

processors, fast/high memory usage, and rapid I/O to disks; incl. atmospheric models (i.e., WRF) and

data visualization software (i.e., WDSS-II)

Created and consistently updated lab website [http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu]

Researcher (May 2004 through August 2005)

Completed FDEP-funded research task - developed process to create a GIS-accessible database of the FSU

multi-sensor precipitation product using Fortran, Microsoft Access, and ArcMap (paper available)

Finished COMET-funded research project - created monthly precipitation frequency maps for the NWS

Southern Region using Fortran code and ArcMap, then placed on website using HTML, JavaScript,

and CSS (see website for maps)

More detailed information can be found at http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu/~jsull

Extensive experience with FORTRAN, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, and C/C++ programming

Skills

languages, as well as various Shell and Windows scripting functionalities

Working knowledge of Perl, Visual Basic for Application (VBA), ArcObjects, and Visual Basic scripting

Administration experience with Microsoft Windows (98/2000/XP) and UNIX (Sun Solaris/CentOS &

Fedora Core linux distributions) operating systems

Proficient in Microsoft Office: Access, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Word

Proficient with ESRI ArcView/ArcGIS software, versions 3.2a (limited), 8.3, and 9.3 (majority)

Experience viewing imagery and performing basic classification schemes with ERDAS IMAGINE

Received training from Soil & Water Engineering Technology, Inc. (SWET) on their Watershed

Assessment Model (WAMview) and soil/hydrology schemes used (http://www.swet.com)

Experience with GEMPAK and GrADS visual meteorological software tools

Experience with AWIPS using various programs in "hydroapps" (i.e., "DPAdecode" for processing radar

data and "RADCLIM" to alter radar masks) and visualizing NLDN lightning data

Knowledge of many National Weather Service protocols and procedures through Operational

Meteorology course directed by Irv Watson (SOO, TAE WFO)

Proficient in video editing tools: linear and non-linear, including Avid and Casablanca

Completed computer skills courses; in general, a quick learner of computer software and hardware

More than 5 years training in the Spanish language

Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Florida at Florida State University (National Honor Society)

Awards &

Chi Epsilon Pi, Florida State University (Meteorology Honor Society)

Activities

Multiple semesters on President s List and/or Dean s List at Florida State University

Selby Scholar - William G. Selby & Marie Selby Foundation, Sarasota, FL

Earned Service Star while working at Eckerd Drug Corporation

Awarded numerous college scholarships/grants based on academic merit & community involvement

Science fair judge: Capital Regional (2007 & 2008), Hartsfield Elementary (2007), Anne Arundel County

Regional (2009)

Volunteer for Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross: poster judging and booth at public events

Full member of the national American Meteorological Society (AMS)

Member of the District of Columbia Chapter of the American Meteorological Society

Past member & webmaster (volunteer) of the North Florida Chapter of the American Meteorological

Society [http://www.northflams.org]

Physical Science: Calculus-based Physics I & II w/Labs, Modern Physics, Physical Hydrology, Satellite

Related

Remote Sensing, Modeling the Climate System, Atmospheric Dynamics I & II, Synoptic Meteorology I

Courses

& II w/Labs, Tropical Meteorology I & II, Physical Climatology, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Data

Assimilation, Dynamical Weather Prediction, Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing

Applied Science: Instruments and Observations Laboratory, Current Weather Discussion, Operational

Meteorology

Social Science: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) w/Lab, Remote Sensing of the Environment

w/Lab, Map Analysis, World Cities, World Geography

Computer Science: C Programming, FORTRAN, ArcGIS Customization, Internet Applications

Math: Calculus I through III, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations

Statistics: Applied Statistics

Official transcript available for more information and complete course list

Sullivan, J.L., H.E. Fuelberg, S.M. Martinaitis, D. Bottcher, B. Jacobson, J. Bradberry, J. Mandrup-Poulsen,

Conference

D. Gilbert, and T.S. Wu, 2008: Modeling streamflow using gauge-only versus radar-derived rainfall. 22nd

Proceedings

Conf. on Hydrology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., New Orleans, paper P2.5.

Sullivan, J.L., H.E. Fuelberg, and S.M. Martinaitis, 2007: Modeling streamflow using gauge-only versus

radar-derived rainfall. Fall meeting of Amer. Geophys. Union, San Francisco, paper H21E-0802.

Martinaitis, S.M., H.E. Fuelberg, J.L. Sullivan, and C.S. Pathak, 2007: An intercomparison of precipitation

values from the OneRain Corporation algorithm and the National Weather Service procedure. World

Environmental & Water Resources Congress of the Amer. Soc. of Civil Eng.

*References available upon request.

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