Jay Shafer

Director of Utilities, Disaster Tech

Industry/Field

Energy, SaaS, Utilities

Bio

Jay is a former Meteorology Professor turned successful entrepreneur who has the utmost respect for founders since they have the courage to change the future and shape the world into a better place. Jay is looking to support teams to help them understand the value their solutions bring to the marketplace. 

Jay’s training is in atmospheric science (Meteorology) and extreme weather hazard prediction with applications for electric utilities and storm preparedness.His work focuses on maintaining a safe and reliable electric grid from physical threats posed by acute extreme weather and long-term climate change hazards. Jay can provide technical advice on product development for cloud-based SaaS solutions and data integration and analysis of geospatial (GIS) information.