RMS

Matthew Nielsen leads Governmental and Regulatory Affairs. He is responsible for maintaining relationships with regulators, legislators, and rating agencies on behalf of the company to establish open channels of communication around RMS models and solutions.

Matthew is a meteorologist and geographer with extensive experience in North American catastrophe risk. In his prior role at RMS, he was responsible for developing the RMS climate peril models for the Americas, including the severe convective storm, winter storm, flood, and hurricane models. He has conducted field reconnaissance for major catastrophes including Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy. Before joining RMS, Matthew conducted remote sensing in satellite meteorology research at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA).

He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Ripon College, where he won the Henry Knop Award in physics, and a Master of Science degree in atmospheric science from Colorado State University. Matthew is a member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the ISCM, and the American Association of Geographers (AAG).