Meteorologist Dan Ventola

 

 

Meteorologist Dan Ventola, certified meteorologist and weather consultant. His vast experience in working in the field for many years has made Dan a true leader in the weather business. He is expert in weather forecasting, especially in storms such as snow and rain events, etc. with an emphasis in severe weather forecasting and radio broadcasting. He attended Kean University in Union, N.J. and earned his certification from Mississippi State University by studying/testing at The National Weather Service in Newark, N.J. Dan is partly retired and has a full staff of full time meteorologists at your finger tips.

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Meteorologist David Spiegler
David Speigler remains a consultant to Dan Ventola and is the President and Founder of DBS Weather Impact Corp (DBS/WIC), (formerly DBS Associates, Inc. (DBS). He has more than 45 years of proven experience in:

  • Preparing expert testimony for clients for weather related legal proceedings and environmental regulatory hearings;
  • Applied research and technique development in the atmospheric sciences;
  • Management and technical direction for multi-disciplinary programs including design of automated weather and environmental information systems, and operational weather analysis and prediction programs;
  • Business development, including technical marketing, proposal management and preparation, strategic planning, market surveys, and design and text for promotional material;
  • Development of weather and climate information for business planning and operations
  • Product management for weather broadcast media services and marine services

At DBS/WIC, Mr. Spiegler directs the business areas that include weather, climate, and environmental information products, services, studies, systems, and forensic meteorology. In the past 20 years he has consulted with more than 60 law firms and insurance companies on weather related legal and/or insurance claims. Cases that he has been involved in range from slip and fall accidents to motor vehicle, boating, and aircraft accidents to wrongful death cases, as well as cases for which damage to — or loss of — property from high winds, heavy rain, snow/ice, flooding, and ocean waves occurred. Tropical storm and hurricane experience includes Mr. Spiegler performing a detailed analysis of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on a hospital in Metarie, LA for an engineering firm; providing expertise to a Florida law firm regarding the impacts of Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne on property in Palm Beach Gardens, FL; preparing a report for a law firm on the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma on property in south Florida, and providing expert testimony about the impact of wind and heavy rain from severe thunder storms on an apartment building in North Miami Beach, FL, the roof of which had previously been damaged by Hurricane Wilma.
For the period from 1991 through the present, he was the senior author of 18 major reports for large corporations. From 1981-90, Mr. Spiegler was a Consulting Meteorologist on the technical staff at The MITRE Corporation. At MITRE, he was the key system meteorologist to develop technical specifications for the Automated Weather Distribution System for the United States Air Force (USAF). Mr. Spiegler also founded DBS Associates in 1985 to develop weather and climate publications for the broadcast industry and to provide forensic meteorological services for the legal profession and the insurance industry.
Prior to MITRE, Mr. Spiegler held various senior level management positions during an 8-year period at Environmental Research and Technology, Inc. (ERT, now ENSR) including Technical Director/ Product Manager for Applied Meteorological and Oceanographic Services. He managed four major programs and business development activities, including operational weather and marine prediction for the broadcast media, shipping industry, and offshore oil exploration.

We also have associated meteorologists to complement our staff of meteorologists.