BORNE ON THE WINDS OF CHANGE Outstanding Acadia experience gave energy meteorologist Matt Corkum a wonderful gift: independence By Jim Prime (’69)
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PHOTO: COURTESY OF MATT CORKUM
t’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good. An old proverb, to be sure, but Matt Corkum (’06) can vouch for its continued veracity in today’s high-tech world. His job with Dynasty Power in Calgary is to forecast weather and wind for power markets in Canada and the United States. “Basically, I’m an energy meteorologist,” Corkum says. “My company trades electricity and natural gas. You may say, ‘What does that have to do with weather?’, but when it comes down to it, weather has to do with everything. We trade kind of like a stock market and what drives the price on a fundamental scale is supply and demand.
Matt Corkum: “My Acadia experience is what made me who I am today.” 12
ACADIA BULLETIN Spring 2019
