2024: The GOES-R program special science award "for his tireless enthusiasm, dedication, and commitment to geostationary imagery, science, and applications".

2023: Part of a NASA Goddard Group award: GeoXO Program Science Working Groups.

2022: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bronze Medal, for Strategic Planning efforts.

2020: NOAA Administrator's award (with many others) for GOES-16/17 support.

2019: Elected to be an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Fellow.

2018: Finalist for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America award.

2017: NOAA Administrator's award for ABI GOES-16 beta stage completion.

2017: NASA GOES-R Group Achievement Award for "world's highest quality weather monitoring..."

2017: AMS for "Outstanding Severice as Member: Annual Meeting Oversight Committee" (2011-2017)

2016: CIMSS animation contest: One of top three for best GOES animation, part of the 40th anniversary celebration.

2015: Certificate of Appreciation for "Exceptional Planning and Execution of the 2015 NOAA Satellite Conference".

2014: U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Scientific and Engineering Achievement, for "outstanding critical support extending the useful life of aging geostationary weather satellites, thereby greatly improving coverage over South America".

2013: U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Scientific and Engineering Achievement, for "their efforts in support of returning GOES-13 to operations after a major on-orbit anomaly that affected the spacecraft and the image and sounder instruments".

2013: Certificate of Appreciation for "Exceptional Planning and Execution of the 2013 NOAA Satellite Conference".

2012: Part of 7th GOES Users' Conference Support Team that received the GOES-R Outstanding Team award for 1QFY12

2011: U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Scientific and Engineering Achievement, for "revolutionizing the GOES post-launch tests".

2011: Recognized by the Spaceflight Meteorology Group for support over the years to the Space Shuttle Program for expertise on both GOES and GOES-R. (This included receiving a patch that had flown in space.)

2011: Received the T. Theodore Fujita Research Achievement Award from the National Weather Association (NWA). The citation read "for excellence in promoting and extending the use of satellite data within the operational community currently and in the future". This award is for research that has significantly contributed to the field of operational meteorology.

2010: Cash-in-your-account award for "outstanding efforts as Science and Mission Support Session Lead for the STAR External Review"

2009: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bronze Medal, for Strategic Planning efforts.

2008: NASA Group Achievement Award for GOES-N check-out.

2008: Cash-in-your-account award for "Exceptional work in preparing and providing a CDR for the AWG sounding products.

2007: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bronze Medal, for work related to data compression.

2007: NOAA Certificate regarding extended GOES High-Inclination (XGOHI) validations.

2004: Cash-in-your-account award for "help with the GOES-R Users' Conference"

2000: U.S. Department of Commerce Silver Medal for Scientific and Engineering Achievement, geostationary sounding work.

1999: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Bronze Medal, regarding Distance Learning.

1992: TOGA COARE: "In recognition of an extraordinary contribution to the [mission] success.