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Corporate Headquarters

Earth Networks, Inc.
12410 Milestone Center Drive, Suite 300
Germantown, MD 20876

Founders:

Robert S. Marshall (President and CEO)
Christopher Sloop (Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer)

Industries Served:
Consumer, Agriculture, Education, Energy and Utilities, Government (federal, state and local), Media, Sports and Recreation and Transportation.

Partners: Scripps Institution of Oceanography (collaborating organization), National Weather Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST), Picarro and others.

Number of Employees: 170

Year Founded: 1993

Other corporate brands:

WeatherBug
A consumer line of products and services addressing desktop and mobile users, as well as serving the educational and media/broadcast industries.

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Corporate Timeline
2012

Earth Networks announces the launch of a new Boundary Layer Monitoring Network
(ENBLN) to provide critical real-time information and insight for weather forecasters and
the renewable energy sector. The initiative is launching with partner Radiometrics of
Boulder, Colo., the developer of sophisticated thermodynamic profiling radiometers. 

Earth Networks teams with EnergyHub to announce e5SM, a new home demand response and energy efficiency program.

At the American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting & Conference, Earth Networks
debuts PulseRadSM, a first-of-its-kind radar alternative based on total lightning, as
a cost-effective solution  to empower meteorologists  with more information to
improve forecasting and lead times for dangerous storms with the potential for flooding or severe weather.

2011

AWS Convergence Technologies adopts the name Earth Networks, Inc.

Earth Networks collaborates with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to launch a high-density greenhouse gas network and to establish the Earth Networks Center for Climate Research at Scripps.

 

Earth Networks formalizes an agreement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA-ESRL) to provide greenhouse gas data for use in research and applications to advance climate science.

 

Earth Networks introduces the WeatherBug Dangerous Thunderstorm Alert to provide advanced notification of the potential for severe weather.

 

WeatherBug for Android Honeycomb debuts at 2011 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Earth Networks announces an agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technology to configure and operate prototype GHG observation networks.

Earth Networks celebrates 100 million downloads of its popular desktop application with a contest inviting users to share their stories about their experiences with the the

WeatherBug desktop application, website and mobile phone apps. Hundreds of users

submitted their personal stories.

 

Earth Networks partners with ICOS, a European consortium of national climate research institutes from 17 countries, to increase the size of Europe's greenhouse gas monitoring network and collaborate on data management standards.

 

Earth Networks announces an agreement to provide real-time weather information to ESPN.

 

Earth Networks provides first-ever continuous lightning track coverage of a major hurricane.

Earth Networks announces plans to more than double the size of its Canadian Weather Monitoring and Lightning Network.

 

Earth Networks teams with the State of California and top University of California researchers on a GHG measurement network for the state.

2010

The company forms a public-private partnership with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to support emergency response services provided by the federal government.

WeatherBug launches its WeatherBug Elite App for iPad.

WeatherBug unveils weatherbug.com, providing consumers with a more custom and interactive experience for viewing live weather information.

WeatherBug releases the WeatherBug API to application developers for building mobile Web applications or BlackBerry and Android applications for Verizon Wireless' V CAST Apps store.

The company confirms its position as the operator of the fastest, most complete lightning network and announces the global expansion of its Total Lightning Network into North America, South America, the Carribean, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia.

The company enters into a collaborative lightning research agreement with the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in Brazil. 

SESCAM Emergency Services Operations in Spain selects the company to provide live, local weather information.  

 

The company launches its Smart Grid Solutions for utilities. The solutions apply real-time, hyper-local information that enables intelligent forecasting, load balancing, outage management, asset protection and demand response.

2009

Company launches its Earth Networks Total Lightning Network™ across North America.

WeatherBug launches its premium weather app, WeatherBug Elite, for Android devices.

 

WeatherBug provides its services in Ireland through Northern Ireland Electric, UTV and BT.

2008

AWS Convergence Technologies signs a memorandum of understanding with NWS.

WeatherBug mobile apps launch on devices from all major mobile carriers.

2007

WeatherBug becomes the premier provider of weather information to Verizon.

2006

WeatherBug works with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and others on lightning detection technology.

The American Meteorological Society presents WeatherBug a prestigious Corporate Award for Outstanding Services.

2005
WeatherBug announces global weather application for Windows smartphones.
2004

WeatherBug launches WeatherBug Achieve, a Web-based application for K–12 education that includes a suite of teaching tools that utilize live weather data to build student math, science, technology and geography skills.

WeatherBug announces it has been certified to display the TRUSTe privacy seal on its website, reflecting its long-time commitment to consumer privacy and security.

 

NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) incorproates the company's nationwide, real-time weather data into NWS operations.

 

The company launches its professional line of products and solutions for enterprise users.

2003

WeatherBug Professional surpasses 100,000 paid subscribers.

2002

WeatherBug partners with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) to aid the U. S. Department of Homeland Security.

WeatherBug becomes the second most-visited source of weather information on the Web (according to comScore).

2001
WeatherBug  Achieve receives the prestigious Hilda Maehling Award from the National Education Association (NEA).
2000

The WeatherBug brand debuts.

WeatherBug introduces its PC-based free desktop weather application. Within the first eight months, 1.5 million users download the application.

1995
The company launches the WeatherBug Schools Program by providing weather stations and educational tools to schools across the U.S.
1993

AWS introduces the Media Partner Program and signs first station, WBAL television in Baltimore, Md.

While still in their twenties, Robert Marshall and Christopher Sloop found
AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. (AWS), the company that would become Earth Networks.

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