Dr. John W. Zack earned a BS degree in meteorology and oceanography from New York University and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from Cornell University. He is the President, Chief...view moreDr. John W. Zack earned a BS degree in meteorology and oceanography from New York University and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from Cornell University. He is the President, Chief Scientist and co-founder of MESO, Inc., a 35-year-old small business that specializes in the development and application of physics-based and statistical geophysical models. He is also a Senior Advisor at UL Services Group after leaving his full-time position as the head of the company’s Grid Solutions division in 2018. In 1998, he was one of the founding partners of AWS Truepower, a global leader in renewable energy consulting services, and served on its Board of Directors until its acquisition by UL, Inc in 2016. John is a board member and workpackage 2 leader of the IEA Wind Task 36 "Wind Energy Forecasting" and received an ESIG excellence award for contributions to advances in the use of probabilistic forecasting in 2020.view less