Stephen Oliver
About
Stephen Oliver is a meteorologist with extensive experience in operational weather forecasting and environmental risk analysis. He joined the Bureau of Meteorology in 1979 and worked in the Perth and Melbourne Regional Forecasting Centres before moving to the Bureau’s newly formed commercial consulting group (SSU) in 1992. Stephen became Deputy National Manager of the SSU and had responsibility for managing a range of projects with a major focus on meteorological and oceanographic risk including wind storm and storm surge projects. He was also responsible for developing the state-of-the–art search and rescue system now installed at the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
In 1997, Stephen joined the Global Environmental Modeling Services (GEMS) team and became a director of the company where he continued to develop environmental risk analysis techniques and systems to enhance the application of meteorological and oceanographic science to real-world problems. In September 2003, he moved to Perth as the Western Australian Manager of GEMS.
Following the severe storm event in South Australia in September 2016, Stephen worked with JDH Consulting to undertake an analysis of the event. He subsequently (with JDH) developed a risk model for storm impacts on transmission lines in SA. This work included initiating and managing contributions from the Bureau of Meteorology, CSIRO and the University of Queensland. Quantifying the impact of climate change was a key component of this project. He also had responsibility for developing a training program for the project.
Stephen’s areas of expertise include:
- Meteorological analysis and forecasting (more than ten years operational experience in Western Australia and Victoria)
- Management of meteorological and oceanographic design projects
- Tropical cyclone simulation
- Wave modelling and analysis
- Meteorological and oceanographic risk management.