Weather Damage Reporting with WeatherCheck Founder and CEO Demetrius Gray

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Stephanie Wong (@stephr_wong) and Carter Morgan (@carterthecomic) welcome Demetrius Gray, Founder and CEO of WeatherCheck, to this week's show. WeatherCheck employs advanced AI, meteorological data, and top class scientists and developers to provide homeowners and claims consultants with specific hail and weather damage data to safeguard one of life’s biggest investments: your home.

When Demetrius began running operations for a roofing company, he saw the pain and confusion weather damage can inflict on structures and people. WeatherCheck seeks to alleviate some of this stress by alerting homeowners of severe weather and helping them pinpointing exact damage that may have occurred. If property is damaged, WeatherCheck gives users tools that help them; work with their insurance on filing a claim, finding a contractor and funding repairs while awaiting insurance money.

Demetrius details the technology behind such a huge undertaking and describes how specific meteorological and other microservices have advanced the success of WeatherCheck. Their team of atmospheric physicists and data scientists perform analyses on weather instances every single day, and have built a multi-cloud system to manage this information and share it with users.

The WeatherCheck system has successfully helped clients identify damage minutes after a disaster, even if the client is miles from their home. Demetrius also discusses the company culture and what values and ethos are pervasive throughout. In that vein, Demetrius offers up advice for future company founders to create an efficient and comfortable workplace.

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