please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message stormgeo industry meteorology founded 1 april 1998 headquarters bergen norway key people kent zehetner ceo erik langaker chairman of the board number of employees 350 2016 website www.stormgeo.com stormgeo is one of the largest global providers of decision support for weather sensitive operations . through the provision of tailored weather forecasting services stormgeo helps companies to manage risk control costs plan better and increase revenue . key industries served are offshore oil and gas shipping renewable energy corporate onshore business media and aviation industries . the company has received several awards for its achievements . stormgeo is headquartered in bergen norway with 24 offices worldwide and 350 employees . its seven global weather support centers operate 24 7 365 . stormgeo s chief executive officer is kent zehetner . the company has been iso 9001 2008 certified since 2007 . history foundation stormgeo started in 1997 as storm weather center a spinoff of norway s largest commercial broadcaster tv2 . meteorologist siri kalvig saw an opportunity to offer customized weather services to other industries and she began a venture in collaboration with tv2 . specialized industry professionals such as energy traders were using the service as a tool for making important market decisions . from that realization the current stormgeo was born . in 1998 stormgeo created their first weather service for the growing hydroelectric power industry . they also reached into a broader oil and gas energy market which relies heavily on accurate weather and met ocean forecasts to ensure safe operations . in the years that followed stormgeo has continuously expanded its vision of weather communications to include new markets that benefit from their services . acquisitions the acquisition of three companies has contributed to define what stormgeo is today . at end of 2011 stormgeo expanded its operation into the middle east with the acquisition of the dubai based weather forecasting company met consultancy fz llc . the following year the houston based impactweather inc. became a part of stormgeo . impactweather was a leading provider of weather monitoring forecasting and alerting for offshore and onshore corporate businesses in the us . in 2014 stormgeo acquired applied weather technology inc. awt awtworldwide.com headquartered in silicon valley california . awt is the world leading provider and weather and route forecasting for the shipping industry with offices in north america europe and asia . their services complement the offshore services of the group making stormgeo a full service supplier providing decision support to weather sensitive operations . research & development stormgeo has since its inception invested heavily in r & d with the goal of providing the most accurate weather forecasts and decision support solutions . stormgeo utilizes the full model suites of the most accurate medium and long range global numerical weather prediction models including the european centre for medium range weather forecasts ecmwf and global forecast system gfs as well as high resolution short range models such as the high resolution rapid refresh model . shareholders the majority shareholders of stormgeo are eqt and dnv gl holding 56.2 % and 26.4 % of the shares respectively . references edit www.stormgeo.com external links edit official site stormgeo official site applied weather technology retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stormgeo & oldid 717531420 categories meteorological companiescompanies based in bergenprivately held companies of norwaycompanies established in 19971997 establishments in norwayhidden categories articles lacking sources from june 2010all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskdeutschgaeilgenorsk bokm lnorsk nynorsksvenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 april 2016 at 07 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view