Special Feature
AMOS 2015 guest speakers With this year’s conference only months away, we take a closer look at our distinguished guest speakers. William B (Bill) Gail
David Schultz
Guest Dinner Speaker
Plenary
William B. Gail is Chief Technology Officer of Global Weather Corporation, a provider of precision forecasts for weather-sensitive business sectors, and is the current PastPresident of the American Meteorological Society. He was previously a Director in the Startup Business Group at Microsoft, Vice President of mapping products at Vexcel Corporation, and Director of Earth science programs at Ball Aerospace. Dr. Gail received his undergraduate degree in Physics and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, where his research focused on physics of the Earth’s magnetosphere. During this period, he spent a year as cosmic ray field scientist at South Pole Station. Dr. Gail is a lifetime Associate of the US National Academy of Science’s research council and is currently a member of their Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. He has participated on a number of Academy committees, including the 2012 review of the National Weather Service and the 2007 Decadal Survey that recommended a 10-year NASA/NOAA satellite plan. He serves or has served on a variety of editorial, corporate, and organizational boards and is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. His book Climate Conundrums: What the Climate Debate Reveals About Us was published in 2014. Bulletin of the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Vol. 28 page 37
David Schultz is Professor of Synoptic Meteorology, University of Manchester. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, got his BSc from MIT, MSc from University of Washington, and PhD from University at Albany, State University of New York. He won the American Meteorological Society Editor’s Award for Monthly Weather Review in 2001, where he has served as the Chief Editor since 2008. He has published over 118 peer-reviewed articles on synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, forecasting, scientific publishing, and education. He is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and winner of the student-led Manchester Teaching Awards (2012) and the University of Manchester Teaching Excellence Award (2014). He is also the author of Eloquent Science: A Practical Guide to Becoming a Better Writer, Speaker, and Atmospheric Scientist.