Stefan Cecelski

In December 2024, Vaisala acquired Maxar Intelligence’s WeatherDesk group, including my role as a Principal Meteorological Data Scientist/Engineer.

• Spearheading and executing cloud-based weather modeling initiatives including the use of numerical weather models as well as deep learning weather model training and inferencing.
• Prioritizing, leading, and planning strategic scientific research and development to unlock weather data for specific client use cases.
• Technical lead for the award winning AWS cloud HPC solution developed by Maxar.

• Leading, planning, and executing technical road maps for new products and initiatives.
• Designing and implementing serverless cloud-based workflows for real-time data processing and analysis.

• Building cloud-based (AWS) parallelized processing and extraction environments to support client-focused solutions.
• Designing and maintaining cloud high performance computing numerical weather prediction systems and workflows.
• Migrating and refactoring meteorological data processing and delivery applications for use in AWS.

• Supported the National Earth System Prediction Capability (ESPC) through scientific, technological, and strategic guidance.
• Helped identify, synthesize, and promote state-of-the-art research for operational use.

• Wrote patents, including creation of workflow diagrams, that focus on key scientific and data innovations created by the company.
• Spearheaded and managed strategic meteorological research and development initiatives critical to the improvement of the company product line.
• Created and maintained several scientific computational environments, including HPC clusters, within AWS.
• Generated technological plans and cost estimates for business development and product innovation.
• Led a team of meteorologists in the development and implementation of business-related weather solutions.
• Oversaw day-to-day operations of several employees, products, and research-to-operation projects.

• Led several initiatives to enhance and create new weather applications for clients.
• Managed team prioritization of numerous scientific research-to-operation projects.
• Designed innovative approaches for the acquisition, curation, processing, and storage of new meteorological datasets.
• Prepared proposals to secure business through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) solicitations.