Storm Exchange
Storm Exchange, Inc. is a publisher of weather intelligence for business that was founded in 2006. The Company is headquartered in New York City and operates a weather research center in State College, PA.
Storm Exchange publishes the StormX (http://www.stormx.com) website which provides free information related to the impact of weather on business decisions, including information tailored to the agriculture, retail and energy communities. The Company’s agriculture website (http://www.stormx.com/agriculture or http://www.cropprojections.com) features daily articles on wheat, corn, and soy by leading Agriculture analyst Gail Martell as well as USDA NASS crop progress and condition charts, yield forecasts and other weather intelligence related to United States crop yield, planting, production and harvest.
Storm Exchange’s StormX news and daily analysis can also be found through the AgWeb (Farm Journal) website and the Bloomberg L.P. terminal.
Officer Biographies
David Riker is the CEO of Storm Exchange. Mr. Riker was formerly VP of Product Development and Director of Strategic Development at Marsh & McLennan Companies, Chief Technology Strategist at The St. Paul Travelers and Founding CEO of auto insurance provider, eCoverage.
Dennis Reaves is COO of Storm Exchange. Mr. Reaves served as the former CTO of Odyssey Logistics & Technology, and was a founding architect for Qpass.
John A. Dutton, Ph.D., is the Chief Scientist and weather advisor for Storm Exchange. He is an Emeritus Professor of Meteorology and Dean Emeritus of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State University. He received his PhD. at the University of Wisconsin.
Further reading
- "Weather remains a wildcard for grain price bubble", Farm News, April 18, 2008
- "Private Equity Investors Increase Stake in Storm Exchange", company press release, March 4, 2008
- "Meteorologists Shape Fashion Trends", New York Times, December 2, 2007