Bill Kirk

About Bill Kirk

2006-current: CEO & Co-founder, Weather Trends International, Inc.2012-current: Board Advisor, Millersville University MSISA Business of Science20••••06: Vice President Weather Operations, SDI/Weather Trends Inc.20••••03: President, Weather Trends Inc./Kirk Holding Co. Inc.19••••02: Vice President Client Services, Planalytics Inc.19••••97: President, Weather By Design, Inc.19••••93: Captain, United States Air Force AF Reserves)> Long Range YEAR-AHEAD Global Weather & Sales Forecasting Technology> Retail, Manufacturing, Financial Services & Agriculture Strategic Thinking> Revolutionary vs Evolutionary Product Development> Raising Money ($8 million)

Experience

1. CEO

   Weather Trends International

   Jun 2006 — Present · Bethlehem, PA, US

   Lead an organization of exceptionally passionate employees changing the way the world looks at long range YEAR-AHEAD weather & sales forecasting. Our year-ahead technology and predictive sales analytics is statistics and 24 climate cycle based, a better way than traditional physics based meteorology that struggles to get week 2 right! Our year-ahead accuracy out performs a week 2 forecast and NOAAs month ahead forecast 83% of the time. For the past 18-years we’ve worked with the most successful and admired companies in the world to help them manage weather risk: Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl\'s, Zappos, AutoZone, Coca-Cola, J&J, Anheuser-Busch, Unilever, 3M, JP Morgan, Microsoft, etc. and thousands of small businesses & farmers. Year-ahead forecasts and business guidance predicting seasonal sales volume by store, when to run advertising campaigns every 1 mile on Earth in 30 seconds! Business Weather expert featured on Fox, CNBC, ABC 20/20. Referenced in JP Morgan, Cowen, Gordon Haskett equity reports.Inventor/Co-Inventor 4 U.S./U.K. patents18 BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY AWARDS1)#5 on Forbes Top 20 List - America\'s Most Promising Company (2009)2) Owler Top Rated CEO #17 in Technology #32 Overall out of CEOs (2017)3) Fastest Growing Company in the Lehigh Valley (2018)4) Business of the Year - Lehigh Valley (2018)5) International Business Award “Stevie” Silver – Innovator of the Year (2018)6) Best in Biz Awards Winner - Most Innovative Company (2017)7) ABA Winner consumer web site of the year (wt360.com), 4 Finalist categories (2011)8) Red Herring North America 100 Winner (2009)9) American Business \"Stevie\" Award Winner for Most Innovative Company of the Year North America (2009)10) International ABA Finalist Most Innovative Co.(2009)11) Red Herring Global 100 Winner (2010) 12) TiE50 Finalist (2011)13) Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich Entrepreneur of the Year (2009)14) Coolest Office Award (2017) Looks like a Star Trek space ship

Education

• Rutgers University

  B.S., Earth & Atmospheric Sciences

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Sales
• Leadership
• Entrepreneurship
• Forecasting
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Team Building
• Product Development
• Business Strategy
• Business Planning
• Team Leadership
• Business Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Retail
• Strategic Partnerships
• Start-Ups
• New Business Development
• P&L Management
• Public Speaking