If you’ve submitted a question to the MET help desk, or attended a MET tutorial, there’s a very good chance that you already know John Halley Gotway. John joined NCAR’s Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) as a software developer in 2004 and has been contributing to the verification efforts within RAL and the DTC. John’s background is in mathematics.
He worked in Los Angeles at Northrop Grumman, before NCAR and the Rockies drew him to Colorado. His expertise is in numerical verification techniques. In particular, his fingerprint is on much of the internal workings of the MET code. He has also played several roles in applying MET to many testing and evaluation projects.
Outside of work, John’s children, Otis (7), Robin (4), and Cate (1) keep him very busy. One thing you may not know is that besides computing expertise, John contributes directly to critical RAL protein intake by providing fresh eggs from his “gentlemen’s farm” near Longmont. Next time you call or email him with a C++ question, ask him how his chickens are doing.
