James Stanley

I provide assessments, safety responses to the hazards, and insight about the weather forecast to decision makers, to help them make well-informed decisions to keep, modify, or cancel events.

I informed my client before and during the January 10, 2025, winter storm and a mid-January 2026 winter storm for their weekend church services and events.

I provided my client with nowcasting support for t

Identified attachments and traced overhead cables in GIS-based Katapult and Google Satellite for Louisville Gas & Electric and Mountain View Electric Association.

Led a team of two GIS Analysts on a contracting project for Google Fiber, utilizing ESRI Arc Pro.

Identified attachments and traced overhead cables in GIS-based Katapult and Google Satellite for American Electric Power and Louisville Gas & Electric

Achieved high percentages for project accuracy

Received QA/QC training for traced projects

Used General Electric’s Smallworld NDS Software and Google Satellite for QA/QC,
adding, and editing addressing data for LUMEN Fiber internet service customers

Trained new contractors in Smallworld NDS software and main project procedures

Entrusted with data entry changes to the LUMEN internal database system

Used ArcFM (ArcMap-based software) to design Dominion Energy’s overhead and underground assets to the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) standard

Assisted supervisor with project QA/QC, submitting design projects to Dominion Energy, and training and guiding new designers

Weekly fieldwork, taking pole notes, measuring midspan and pole attachment heights with the IKE equipment

Used General Electric’s Smallworld Software to map Duke Energy’s overhead and underground assets based on As-Builts

Began developing training videos for project procedures and terminology for new
employees

Drove utility damage assessor for Dominion Energy and provided informative forecasting
support regarding potential impacts of ice storms

Assisting with GIS and non-GIS projects on an ongoing and as needed basis, as a temporary employee.
Various tasks involve GIS Analysis, data manipulation, data modeling, and data entry.

Assisted with customer service requests and some GIS projects.

Assist with customer service requests and some GIS projects.

I am gathered and mapped the crash reports that have occurred in North Carolina in 2019 & most of 2020.
Led the start of creation of a ArcGIS Online Dashboard for a Transportation project.
In September 2020, I assisted with two new projects.

I reached out to prospective television station clients who are interested in our services as Broadcast Meteorologists, while reaching out to new television stations to advertise our services. I’m well-organized, persistent, and I care about the potential client’s needs. I finalized one sale partnership with a television station in 2019, and renewed said partnership for 2020.

Helped students at the at the Hunt Library Dataspace and DH Hill Data Point for GIS Data and software navigation. Helped co-lead workshops for GIS work.

Used LinkedIn Learning and YouTube to learn about:
Python, SQL, Java, Programming Essentials, Interpersonal Communications, Leadership, Music Theory, and American Sign Language (YouTube).

I took several ESRI training learning plans, and have assisted in co-creating ESRI Web Applications, georeferencing, database management, data editing, researching new initiatives, and finding emergency management, GIS department, and parks and recreation points of contact for the marketing department.

I have created relationships with seven new television stations who are interested in our services. I’m well-organized, persistent, and I care about the potential client’s needs.
*This year, I have driven 9 prospective partnerships with interested stations, and have completed one sale in late April.

Helped run live broadcasts of seminars, sports events and other live events at NC State University.
Did some video and audio editing using Logic Pro.
Did one video blog about people who had hardships after a hurricane came through North Carolina.

I collaborated with the Chief Meteorologist for designing weather graphics with clear messages to explain the circumstances. I originated a Hurricane Forecast Track graphic which I presented on Facebook Live and on-air for Hurricane Irma and Jose.

I protected our viewers by informing them of the dangers ahead in my weather broadcasts. I connected with viewers at schools, group meetings, community events, and during visits at the station. I covered my co-workers shifts when needed.

I helped direct, produce and present 70+ broadcasts per day to 23 different areas of the contiguous U.S. I engaged over 30 TV stations about our services, closed 3 sales, and maintained communication with 13 interested stations.

I helped develop a snowfall forecast product that is now used nationwide at most of the 122 National Weather Service offices. I detailed my results to the office staff, I designed and presented my research poster for the annual National Weather Association meeting to many professionals

I authored the daily “Weather Outlook” article for the website, and collaborated with staff to manage our nationwide weather stations.

I fashioned a number of articles for the weather page. I produced graphics for the evening weather broadcasts. I assisted off-screen during the June 3rd, 2012, severe weather outbreak. Lastly, I practiced orating the weather forecast behind the scenes.

I volunteered to work for 6 weeks with Meteorologist David Kitzmiller. I used Linux programming to retrieve online Climatology data, created and utilized scripts to perform a number of commands quickly, stored and analyzed the data in Excel.

Howard University held an internship program with NOAA called METCON. I worked for 8 weeks with Meteorologist David Kitzmiller.
Tasks included retrieving rain gauge data from an online database using Linux programming, storing the data in Excel, and conducting regression analyses.
I presented my project to ~40 NWS employees, and received a Certificate of Appreciation from the U.S. Department of

Classes: Introduction to GIS, "GIS in Applied Research Forum", "Surface Water Hydrology with GIS” (used HEC-RAS, TAU-DEM,), Spatial Problem Solving, & "Web & Mobile GIS Protocols" (used Microsoft Server).

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Earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology with a minor in Environmental Sciences, graduating December 18, 2014.

Graduated December 18, 2014 with a Bachelor's of Science in Meteorology and a minor in Environmental Sciences