Gerald Van der Grijn

Gerald van der Grijn (MSc Meteorology) is Head of Meteorological Consultancy within the Professional Services department of DTN. In this role, Gerald is responsible for delivering bespoke solutions to various industries like, amongst others, Energy, Transport, Agriculture and Shipping. Throughout his career, he has been involved in the development of applications for tackling real-world problems. Examples range from decision support tools for managing weather related electrical faults in overhead power lines to automated observation quality control algorithms for WMO compliant weather stations. His experience in the private, commercial weather service industry is complemented with good knowledge of the public sector due to his time at ECMWF where he worked as a consultant for 7 years.