The Weather Company announces C-level talent additions to drive innovation and consumer growth

New chief technology officer and chief business officer – GM consumer bring expertise from CNN and SoundCloud

ATLANTA — March 4, 2025 — The Weather Company, the world’s most accurate weather forecaster¹, today announced the appointment of two key executives to its leadership team: Matthew Drooker as chief technology officer and Brennan Gerster as chief business officer – GM consumer. These strategic appointments will accelerate the company’s mission to instill confidence, drive decisions, and propel the future in midst of a changing climate and rapid technological advancements.

Matthew Drooker

As chief technology officer, Matthew will lead The Weather Company’s technology strategy, focusing on building efficient digital foundations, extending forecasting capabilities, and designing systems that enable world-class experiences for both its consumer and enterprise businesses.

Brennan brings extensive experience in building and scaling consumer-focused businesses and a deep understanding of the media and technology landscape. As chief business officer – GM consumer, he will oversee product, content, design, business operations, product analytics, customer support, and programmatic advertising to further strengthen The Weather Company’s digital properties, including The Weather Channel app, weather.com, Storm Radar, and Weather Underground.

“With 330 million monthly consumers and hundreds of businesses relying on our forecasts and products, we must continue to innovate to best translate and explain weather’s impact on people, communities and businesses,” said Rohit Agarwal, CEO of The Weather Company. “Matthew and Brennan bring exceptional expertise to strengthen our ability to deliver the world’s most accurate forecasts, create meaningful experiences for consumers, and provide actionable weather intelligence to businesses.”

Brennan Gerster

Matthew joins The Weather Company from SoundCloud, where as CTO he enabled the delivery of innovative audio solutions to a global user base of musicians and fans. Previously, at Warner Media/Turner Broadcasting System, he was senior vice president of platform technology for products & operations and CTO of CNN. There, he led the modernization of digital media platforms that helped establish CNN as the world’s #1 digital news service and a top destination for premium advertising.

Brennan most recently served as general manager and chief revenue officer at SoundCloud, where oversaw growth marketing, product strategy, ad revenue, and business operations. His background includes leading growth initiatives at CNN, fundraising as CFO of Vengo Labs, and managing financial operations for iHeart Radio’s digital properties.

While at SoundCloud, Matthew and Brennan together spearheaded remarkable growth, achieving a 2x increase in subscriptions and a substantial 30% increase in advertising monetization. Their combined leadership led SoundCloud to its first-ever profitable period in the company’s 15+ year history.

Both executives will play crucial roles in advancing The Weather Company’s mission during a time when accurate weather information has never been more important. The additions of Matthew and Brennan reinforce the company’s investment in its unique human-plus-machine approach that marries cutting-edge technology and human insight, as well as its product innovation to help consumers and businesses make sense of vast amounts of data and weather observations, enabling better decision-making.

About The Weather Company
The Weather Company helps people and businesses around the world make more informed decisions and take action in the face of weather. With its deep industry expertise and highly accurate, high-volume weather data combined with advanced technology and AI, The Weather Company provides insights and solutions that harness the power of weather in a scalable, privacy-forward way. The world’s most accurate forecaster, the company serves hundreds of enterprise customers across media, advertising, aviation and more, and is trusted by hundreds of millions of monthly active users via digital properties from The Weather Channel (weather.com) and Weather Underground (wunderground.com). For more, visit weathercompany.com.