Webinars

Business Preparedness: Severe Weather

December 21, 2021 10:15 AM ET

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Summary

Severe weather can strike at any time. Join us on December 21 at 10:15 a.m. ET as we discuss the recent historic tornado outbreak and ways your business can prepare for dangerous weather year-round.

Key Highlights

Learn best practices other companies use to successfully reduce risk and enhance safety

Unique challenges businesses face when severe weather strikes

How to prepare your organization before and during severe weather

Key Highlights

Learn best practices other companies use to successfully reduce risk and enhance safety

Unique challenges businesses face when severe weather strikes

How to prepare your organization before and during severe weather

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Jonathan Porter

Chief Meteorologist and Senior Vice-President, Weather Content and Forecast Operations

Jonathan Porter is AccuWeather’s Senior Vice President, Weather Content and Forecast Operations and Chief Meteorologist. He is one of AccuWeather’s most accomplished subject matter experts. In this key leadership role, he blends his background in meteorology, weather news forecasting, and information technology to collaborate with the world’s leading government meteorological services and other key data providers to acquire top-tier weather information and content to integrate the most advanced weather data and technologies into AccuWeather’s products and services.

 

Jon led AccuWeather’s B2B unit, AccuWeather For Business (formerly AccuWeather Enterprise Solutions or AES) for four years, delivering valuable new products to the company’s portfolio, to help businesses minimize losses and liability, while maximizing profits and operational efficiency. AccuWeather For Business achieved significant growth during his tenure.

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Tom Bedard

Implementation Manager and Meteorologist

Tom Bedard is an Implementation Manager and Meteorologist at AccuWeather for Business. In this role, Tom is responsible for integrating AccuWeather’s business services into their client’s business continuity and emergency preparedness operations. He leads a team of technical support and emergency preparedness specialists who provide AFB clients with onboarding, training, and enterprise support.


Tom holds a bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from Penn State and has previously worked as a FEMA course developer, FEMA course instructor, and risk management analyst. He has been an active volunteer firefighter/EMT for over a decade, regularly works with local emergency management agencies, and also serves as a search and rescue K9 handler for human remains detection. Tom was the 2019-2021 Chair of the American Meteorological Society’s Committee on Emergency Management.

Understanding what lies ahead is the best way to begin planning for direct impacts and related business disruption. Our experts are ready to share! To help your business prepare for hurricane impacts, AccuWeather's expert meteorologists will host a webinar on Wednesday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. EST.

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Dan Kottlowski 

Lead Hurricane Forecaster

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Dan Kottlowski has 43 years of experience as an operational weather forecaster. Dan leverages both his in-depth understanding of the weather and his top-flight communication skills throughout the year as an AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist. During the Atlantic hurricane season, Dan is the lead hurricane forecaster for AccuWeather and coordinates the AccuWeather hurricane team.

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Becky DePodwin

Meteorologist, Product Training & Support Coordinator

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Becky DePodwin is a meteorologist and emergency preparedness specialist with over a decade of professional experience serving partners and clients, combining expertise in meteorology, emergency preparedness, and risk communication. Becky uses best practices in emergency management to review and evaluate emergency preparedness plans, provide recommendations and develop guidance to partners on the integration of severe weather and hurricane warnings to ensure effectiveness.

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During this exclusive webinar you’ll learn about:

  • Recent severe weather impacts from December's historic tornado outbreak
  • Unique challenges businesses face when dangerous severe weather strikes
  • How to prepare your organization before and during severe weather
We will host a live Q&A after the presentation.
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