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In 2007, I started writing a simple blog about the weather as an outlet for my passion.  In the previous seven years, I earned my meteorology degree, moved to the Southern Plains for my first meteorology job, and started a career in operational meteorology. Everything was going well, but something changed in early 2007, and I had to move back home to New Jersey.  Sometimes, we fall.

Social media was a new and growing medium at that time, with many potential opportunities and pitfalls. I was lucky enough to use this new medium to share my passion and help people. While doing so, I created a membership service, interacted with legacy media, and even talked to some amazing atmospheric scientists!  

I was beyond excited when Erica Grow Cei approached me about the potential to create an American Meteorological Society certification for Digital Meteorologists. I never thought I would have the opportunity to earn a certification, as I, and many like me, where not on Television/Radio and didn’t consult for major corporations.  We were the meteorologist you chatted with on YouTube, Twitter (X), or Facebook or consulting the small landscaping company.  Neither the CBM nor the CCM fits into what we did.  Finally, this CDM does just that.  

Why is the CDM important to me?  Trust and reliability.  The general public needs to know who is going to provide reliable and accountable meteorological information.  In some respect, over nearly two decades, I have earned that trust, but now that trust and reliability are verified by the most important meteorological organization in the world, the AMS.  

I want to thank everyone who helped my career, including my wife, Susan, my parents, and all of you who allowed me to share my passion and my dream.