Cary, NC October 21-24
Steering committee

Ruth is the Senior Manager of Analytical Education for JMP. She develops curricula, teaches, and consults to help researchers and practitioners apply statistical methods and analytics to solving problems, predominantly in the health and life sciences....Learn More

Tom Bidwell has 30 years of experience in the chemical industry, working first as an electrical engineer and then statistician. While working as an engineer at Eastman Kodak in manufacturing control system design and applications, he found that he ...Learn More

Stacey Cofield is the Associate Dean for Recruitment, Retention, & Diversity at the UAB Graduate School and an Associate Professor in the School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics. Cofield has been using JMP to teach introductory bio...Learn More

Tracy Desch has been with Procter & Gamble for 31 years. She currently uses her JMP expertise to support the Hair Care category in understanding consumer tensions and desired product benefits. In addition to helping drive the Hair Care business, D...Learn More

Lucas Beverlin is a data scientist at Intel, where he works with engineers in semiconductor process development and manufacturing. He actively engages in consulting projects and teaches statistics and machine learning techniques to engineers. He assis...Learn More

Mia Stephens is a JMP Advisory Product Manager. Prior to joining JMP, she was an adjunct professor of statistics at the University of New Hampshire and a founding member, statistical trainer and consultant with the North Haven Group. Mia has taught an...Learn More

Melisa Buie makes high tech stuff and solves problems. Currently, Melisa is a Sr. Director with Lam Research, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer.  Melisa has extensive experience in operations and engineering lead...Learn More

Erica Heipertz is a successful research immunologist with extensive experience in innate and adaptive immunity. Since 2017 she’s served as a Staff Scientist at Thermo Fisher Scientific, working in the Cell Biology Division. Currently, Erica is charged...Learn More

Steve Hampton has over 17 years of casting experience, most of which has been in large structural titanium casting at PCC Structurals. During his time with PCC, Steve has worked in Engineering, Product Development, Operations Management, Lean Implemen...Learn More

Michael Akerman is a lead data science engineer at Novonesis, where he supports laboratory scientists in biology and biochemistry by developing software tools for scientific data capture, analysis, and data automation. A JMP user for o...Learn More

Margaret Young is a leader, scientist, collaborator, mentor, and skilled problem solver. Currently, Margaret is the R&D Manager for North America at Kemin Nutrisurance, a leader in biotechnology science. In this role, she directs a team of scienti...Learn More

Diana Ballard is a statistician at Brewer Science, Inc. and has spent 30 years working in various industries, including semiconductor, automotive, computer manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and solar, among others. A JMP user since 1995, Ballard...Learn More

Erin Pavlacky is a technical leader who is passionate about using predictive models and statistical analysis to drive innovation and solve problems. Currently, Pavlacky is the Global R&D Director for the Personal Care markets at H.B. Fuller, where...Learn More

John Moore has worked for Elanco Animal Health for 23 years, and currently serves as an analyst at Elanco Knowledge Solutions where he aids Elanco’s customers in maximizing outputs from their data. Moore holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a M....Learn More

Kevin Vedvik is a Principal Statistician at Exact Sciences, where he supports the product development and assay transfer teams with experimental design and analysis. Additionally, he works closely with the quality control department to track and tr...Learn More