Prior to this appointment, Bridges was at Revalize Software, a company in the CPQ, PDM & PLM space as the Vice President of Acquisition Integrations, where he led the integration of 13 acquisitions across the U.S. and Europe.

Bridges brings more than 20 years of experience in strategy, operations, sales, and acquisitions to AccuWeather. He spent time working in the weather industry at DTN as its Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Integrations where he led the integration of MeteoGroupe into DTN, acquired ClearAg from Iteris, and divested the broadcast software business to ChyronHego. During his varied business career Bridges hasalso worked for such notable companies as Opera Solutions, the Tower Group, and PwC.

Originally from California, Bridges now resides in the Minneapolis area with his wife and daughter. In his downtime, he is an avid sports fan, butis especially drawn to baseball and golf. Bridges is also a voracious reader.