Munich 2020

10-12 March

Speakers

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David Spiegelhalter

Author, The Art of Statistics

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication in the University of Cambridge, which aims to improve the way that statistical evidence is used by health professionals, patients, lawyers and judges, media and policymakers. He advises organizations and government agencies on risk communication and is a regular media commentator on statistical issues, with a particular focus on communicating uncertainty.

His background is in medical statistics, particularly the use of Bayesian methods in clinical trials, health technology assessment and drug safety. He has over 200 refereed publications and is co-author of six textbooks, as well as The Norm Chronicles (with Michael Blastland) and Sex by Numbers. He works extensively with the media and presented the BBC4 documentaries Tails You Win: the Science of Chance and the award-winning Climate Change By Numbers, and in 2011 came seventh in an episode of Winter Wipeout on BBC1.

He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005, and knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics. He was President of the Royal Statistical Society for 2017-2018. His bestselling book, The Art of Statistics, was published in March 2019. He is @d_spiegel on Twitter, and his home page is http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~david/

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John Sall

Co-Founder and Executive Vice President, SAS

John Sall is co-founder and Executive Vice President of SAS, the world’s leading business analytics software vendor. He heads the JMP business division, which creates interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software designed for scientists and engineers. Sall remains the primary architect of JMP® software.

Sall is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society. Reflecting his strong interest in international conservation and environmental issues, he serves on the board of the World Wildlife Fund and on the advisory board of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is a former member of the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees.

  • Stephane Astie

    Yield Manager, Soitec

    Stephane Astie, Six Sigma Black Belt, joined Soitec in 2011. Previously he worked 15 years at Motorola/Freescale Semiconductor on the R&D, defectivity and device teams. He manages a team with data analysts and Six Sigma experts to improve product yield and process control deployment. Astie has a PhD in material science.

  • David Autrique

    Data Scientist, BASF Antwerp

    After his postdoctoral fellowship at the TU Kaiserslautern in 2014, David Autrique worked as a technical consultant throughout Europe. In 2018, Autrique joined the data analytics team at BASF Antwerp. His current activities mainly focus on data-driven optimization of chemical production processes.

  • David Barnett

    Formulation Design Chemist, Syngenta

    David Barnett is a Formulation Chemist for Syngenta, a leading agrochemical supplier for the global market with vast experience delivering complicated products to market. Over the past 12 years he has helped deliver and support the use of a large High Throughput Formulation system within the company and expand the use of statistical design to fully harness the capabilities of the new technology’s potential. Barnett served on the Discovery steering committee from 2015 to 2018.

  • Olivier Brack

    Consultant in Industrial Statistics, KSIC

    Olivier Brack is the Chairman and CEO of KSIC, which provides consulting and training in industrial statistics. He serves a variety of industrial sectors, including food, cosmetics, microbiology, automotive and chemical. Brack specializes in data analysis, experimental plans, statistical process control and clinical trials. He has developed training programs for engineers, supervisors, technicians and manufacturing operators, and is a teacher at the Collège de Polytechnique in Paris. Brack has supervised statistical studies for various publications.

  • Thomas Brisset 

    Stability Platform Manager, Stallergenes Greer

    Thomas Brisset developed his skills in stability studies management and statistical analysis through experience in the pharmaceutical industry. He has a degree from the Graduate School of Chemistry and Physics of Bordeaux and has been a JMP user for a year.

  • Guillaume Bugnon

    Data Management Engineer, Soitec

    Guillaume Bugnon joined Soitec in 2005. He has held several positions and worked mainly on the Manufacturing Executive System (MES) and on IT for Manufacturing. Guillaume is now Data Management Engineer for the data team.

  • Jian Cao

    JMP Principal Systems Engineer, SAS

    Jian Cao is a Principal Systems Engineer at JMP. His specialties are advanced statistical methods and modeling. Prior to JMP Jian worked in the telecommunication and pharmaceutical industries as well as the software business in a variety of roles; one notable position he held at AT&T was lead forecaster responsible for providing forecasts and business planning on consumer calling cards with annual revenues totaling US $1.5 billion.

  • Laura Castro-Schilo

    JMP Research Statistician Developer, SAS

    Laura Castro-Schilo works on structural equations models in JMP. She is interested in multivariate analysis and its application to different kinds of data; continuous, discrete, ordinal, nominal and even text. Previously, she was Assistant Professor at the L. L. Thurstone Psychometric Laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Castro-Schilo has a PhD in quantitative psychology from the University of California, Davis. 

  • Justin Chilton

    JMP Senior Associate Test Engineer, SAS

    Justin Chilton is responsible for the testing of JSL, JMP add-ins, the Script Editor and various display components of JMP. Chilton is also active on the JMP User Community and has published several JMP add-ins. Before joining the JMP development team, he worked in the Technical Support division at SAS, supporting customers using JSL and SAS health and life sciences solutions.

  • Paul Deen

    Program Manager, Data Science, ASM International

    With two degrees, mechanical engineering and biostatistics, Paul Deen takes a very practical look at statistics: How can we use data and analytics to become more efficient and effective? Deen works as data science program manager for ASM International, a global supplier of machines for the semiconductor industry, and is involved in training, coaching, consulting and methodology development.

  • Frank Deruyck

    Lecturer, University College Ghent

    Frank Deruyck has comprehensive working experience in product/process quality engineering and R&D management. The focus of his consultancy work is Six Sigma process improvement methodology, in particular experimental design (DOE) and statistical data analysis. At University College Ghent he participates in a variety of industrial service and R&D projects. He teaches TQM, chemometrics and industrial chemistry.

  • Jianfeng Ding

    JMP Senior Research Statistician Developer, SAS

    Jianfeng Ding is responsible for many statistical platforms such as Multivariate, Principal Components, Factor Analysis, Partial Least Squares, Multiple Correspondence Analysis, Multiple Factor Analysis and the newly added Model Driven Multivariate Control Chart in JMP 15. Ding earned a master’s degree in marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, and a master’s degree in statistics from North Carolina State University. 

  • Baptiste Follet

    Yield Engineer, Soitec

    Baptiste Follet, Six Sigma Black Belt, joined Soitec in 2007. He is in charge as yield team leader of new methodologies and statistical tools deployment to improve product yield.

  • Bryan Fricke

    JMP Principal Software Developer, SAS

    Bryan Fricke is a principal software developer specializing in data visualization and usability. He contributes to the development of interactive HTML reports for JMP, JMP Public and JMP Live. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science from North Carolina State University. 

  • Christopher Gotwalt

    JMP Director of Statistical Research and Development, SAS

    Chris Gotwalt leads the JMP statistical software development and testing teams. Since joining SAS as a software developer in 2003, Gotwalt has made numerous contributions to JMP, mostly in the area of numerical algorithms and in the creation of new statistical techniques. He developed many of the numerical algorithms that underlie the analytical tools within JMP, including those for linear mixed models, linear and nonlinear optimal designed experiments, neural networks and reliability modeling. 

  • Laura Higgins

    JMP Global Technical Enablement Engineer, SAS

    How do you turn data into actionable information? Laura Higgins enables people and companies to make informed, data-driven decisions using JMP software. As a JMP Pro technical expert, Higgins leads customers to excel in their vision and execution of analytics at their organization. She works directly with customers to make advanced analytics and data visualization accessible.

  • Ruth Hummel

    JMP Senior Academic Ambassador, SAS

    Ruth Hummel is a JMP Academic Ambassador. Hummel holds a PhD in statistics from The Pennsylvania State University. She has been teaching and consulting since 2002, when she started her career as a high school math teacher. Hummel began using JMP in 2010 as a faculty member teaching graduate statistics courses at the University of Florida. She also spent a few years in the federal government as a statistician at the US Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Bradley Jones

    JMP Distinguished Research Fellow, SAS

    Bradley Jones developed the Custom Designer, and is the inventor of the prediction profile plot. He is co-discoverer with Chris Nachtsheim of Definitive Screening Designs. He has won the Youden Prize and both the Brumbaugh and the Lloyd S. Nelson awards twice. Jones is a past editor of the Journal of Quality Technology and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. 

  • Phil Kay

    JMP Senior Systems Engineer, SAS

    Phil Kay is a Senior Systems Engineer for JMP. Previously, Kay was a key scientist in the development of numerous processes for the manufacture of colorants for digital printing at FujiFilm Imaging Colorants. He has a master’s degree in applied statistics and a master’s and PhD in chemistry. He is also a Royal Society of Chemistry Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. 

  • Frederick Kistner

    PhD Student, WildTrack

    Frederick Kistner has a German Diplom in environmental science from the University of Landau and is currently a recipient of a German government scholarship to study for a PhD at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He has always had a strong intrinsic interest towards statistics, machine learning and environmental education. He conducts fieldwork in Germany and Portugal, and helps supervise WildTrack students and citizen scientists.

  • Stan Koprowski

    JMP Senior Systems Engineer, SAS

    Stan Koprowski is a Customer Care Systems Engineer for JMP. He supports the global community of JMP users, helping to ensure that they receive maximum benefit from the software. Koprowski also helps develop technical content for JMP communication channels. He joined JMP in 2012 after working more than 15 years in the pharmaceutical industry. He holds an MS degree in business intelligence from St. Joseph’s University and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

  • Laura Lancaster

    JMP Principal Research Statistician Developer, SAS

    Laura Lancaster is responsible for platforms such as Measurement System Analysis, Variability, Process Capability and Distribution. Lancaster studied mathematical sciences with an emphasis in operations research and has a PhD in management science from Clemson University. She completed her undergraduate work in mathematics and computer science at Stetson University. 

  • Trent Lemkus

    PhD Candidate in Statistics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Hampshire

    Trent Lemkus is completing his dissertation for a PhD in statistics and is expected to graduate in summer of 2020.

  • Camilla Liscio

    Senior Application Chemist, Anatune

    Camilla Liscio is a Senior Application Chemist at Anatune who is passionate about helping scientists to deliver high-quality data with the synergic power of automation, hyphenated techniques and data analytics. Liscio has a master's degree in chemistry, a PhD in analytical chemistry and a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship postdoc at University of Sussex.

  • Peng Liu

    JMP Principal Research Statistician Developer, SAS

    Peng Liu is responsible for maintaining and developing Reliability, Survival and Time Series platforms. His work includes research in reliability data analysis and engineering, research in time series analysis, analyzing reliability and time series data, graphical user interface design, software architecting and manufacturing. He has bachelor's degrees in industrial foreign trade and computer science, as well as a master's degree and a PhD in statistics.

  • Rebecca Lyzinski

    JMP Clinical Research Developer, SAS

    Rebecca Lyzinski is a Clinical Research Developer in the JMP Life Sciences group, developing new reports and analyses for JMP Clinical software. Prior to her position at SAS, she was manager for statistical programming at IQVIA. She holds a masters in biomathematics from North Carolina State University.

  • Greg McMahon

    Principal Research Scientist, National Physical Laboratory (UK)

    Greg McMahon has been working in the electron and ion beam imaging and analysis field for over 25 years in the physical and life sciences. He obtained his BSc and MSc in metallurgical engineering from Queen's University (Canada), and his PhD in materials science from the Universitat des Saarlandes (Germany). He now directs the NanoSIMS imaging laboratory at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK, where JMP assists with data exploration within quantitative image data.

  • Laurence Mercier

    Viticultural Engineer, MHCS

    Laurence Mercier has been a viticultural engineer for MHCS Research & Development Department in Epernay, France, since 2001. Mercier has a PhD in plant molecular and cellular biology from Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France.

  • Kelci Miclaus

    Senior Manager Advanced Analytics R&D, JMP Life Sciences, SAS

    Kelci Miclaus manages the JMP Life Sciences R&D development team and develops statistical features for JMP Genomics and JMP Clinical software. She joined SAS in 2006 and holds a PhD in statistics from North Carolina State University. 

  • Jamie Minaeian 

    Application Chemist, Anatune

    Jamie Minaeian is an Application Chemist at Anatune. He is passionate about helping customers using SIFT-MS for their applications.

  • Wendy Murphrey

    Senior Principal Technical Support Analyst, SAS

    Wendy Murphrey is a Senior Principal Technical Support Analyst in the Technical Support Division of SAS. A JMP user since 2000, she researches and responds to customer questions and problems, writes sample JSL scripts and JMP add-ins, and is an active member of the JMP User Community. While technical support is her primary focus, Murphrey wears many hats at SAS, including serving on the team that developed the JMP Scripting Certification.

  • Alfredo López Navarro

    Data Lab Manager, Telefónica

    Alfredo López Navarro plays with data - the business oriented way - and helps others to do so. He explores and examines data from multiple disparate sources and sifts through all incoming data with the goal of discovering hidden insights - divergently thinking - to turn them into competitive advantages and address business objectives. He then recommends ways to apply those findings through knowledge sharing across Telefónica’s decision-making structure.

  • Kieran O'Mahony

    Six Sigma Programme Manager, Dairygold

    Kieran O’Mahony is the Six Sigma Programme Manager for Dairygold Food Ingredients. As an experienced business excellence leader with almost 25 years of experience across semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, medical devices and food industries, his current focus is on developing the data analytical capabilities of the business.

  • Stephen Pearson

    Specialist Data Scientist, Syngenta

    Stephen Pearson provides support to scientists at the Grangemouth, Huddersfield and Jealotts Hill sites. His role is cross-disciplinary and involves identifying areas of need, building tools to enhance working practices and teaching new techniques. He is experienced in building systems to automate the collection, processing, analysis and reporting of experimental and manufacturing data. This often involves writing code in multiple languages to use the most appropriate tool for each step.

  • Dieter Pisot

    JMP Principal Systems Engineer, SAS

    Dieter Pisot is a JMP Principal Systems Engineer, specializing in cloud installations of JMP Live. Before joining JMP, Pisot held positions in technical support and application development for SAS. Pisot has a master’s degree in computer science from the Fachhochschule fuer Technik in Mannheim.

  • John Powell

    JMP Principal Software Developer, SAS

    John Powell is a Principal Software Developer with extensive experience in graphics software development for hardware, video game engines, desktop computer aided modeling, engineering and drawing, virtual reality, and data visualization. He joined the JMP team to build the initial Interactive HTML capability into JMP 11 and helped build JMP Live. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering/computer option with a minor in management from McGill University.

  • Philip Ramsey

    Principal Lecturer, University of New Hampshire; and Owner, North Haven Group

    Philip J. Ramsey is a data scientist and statistical consultant affiliated with Predictum. Ramsey is also the owner of the North Haven Group statistics and quality consultancy. He is a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of New Hampshire. He has held the following positions: Senior Engineer for Materials and Processes Development, McDonnell Douglas; Staff Scientist, Alcoa Technical Center; and Senior Engineer, Rohm & Haas Electronic Materials. Ramsey holds a PhD in statistics from Virginia Tech.

  • Astrid Ruck

    Senior Specialist in Statistics, Autoliv

    Astrid Ruck works as Senior Specialist in Statistics for Autoliv, which is the worldwide leading manufacturer of automotive safety components such as seat belts, air bags and active safety systems. As Autoliv Master Black Belt she is responsible for implementing Design for Six Sigma and training Black Belt candidates. Ruck specializes in measurement systems analysis (MSA), DOE, statistical tolerancing, reliability and the application-orientated development of statistical analysis methods. Ruck has a PhD in mathematics.

  • Arne Ruhkamp

    Senior Digital Analyst, Telefónica

    Arne Ruhkamp is part of the Digital Analytics team at Telefónica Germany Retail GmbH. He is responsible for tracking of websites, apps and online marketing activities. He’s very passionate about data analysis. Previously, he worked for the agencies e-dialog and T4MEDIA. In his leisure time, Ruhkamp loves running and enjoys exploring the world.

  • John Salmon

    Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University

    John Salmon teaches in the mechanical engineering department at Brigham Young University. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, then master’s and PhD degrees in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he worked as a Research Engineer at the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory. His research interests include systems engineering, design and integration; multidisciplinary optimization; operations research; modeling and simulation; multi-agent, multi-objective decision making; uncertainty analysis; sports analytics; and data visualizations.

  • Sky Alibhai

    Director and Co-Founder, WildTrack

    Gerd Gigerenzer

    Director and co-founder of WildTrack, Sky Alibhai has a B.Sc. in Zoology from Makerere University, Uganda, and a D.Phil in small mammal population dynamics from the University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a member of the Society of Conservation Biology. Alibhai has published widely on wild animal monitoring using noninvasive approaches. He is currently an adjunct professor at the Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, an adjunct associate professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, and an associate academic at the Centre for Compassionate Conservation at the University of Technology in Sydney.

  • Marcus Soerensen

    Head of Six Sigma, Gluc & Marstrand

    Marcus Soerensen has international experience in process improvements and data-driven problem solving with a focus on manufacturing, supply chain, product quality and product development. He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt and has a master's degree in IT, communication and organization. Soerensen led the setup of manufacturing facilities in China, India and Kenya, and cost savings in global supply chains and implementation of quality systems in Asia and East Africa.

  • Mia Stephens

    JMP Principal Product Manager, SAS

    Mia Stephens is a JMP principal product manager. Prior to joining SAS, she was an adjunct professor of statistics at the University of New Hampshire and a founding member of the North Haven Group. Stephens has taught and consulted within a variety of industries, and is the author four books, including Data Mining for Business Analytics and Building Better Models. She was development lead for the free online course, Statistical Thinking for Industrial Problem Solving.

  • Oliver Thunich

    Consultant, STATCON

    Oliver Thunich has been a consultant and trainer for statistics at STATCON since 2019. Previously, he was a Six Sigma Green Belt at Wilo SE. He has a BSc and MSc in statistics from TU Dortmund.

  • Agnieszka Tomczyk

    Statistician Specialist, Polypharma Biologics

    Agnieszka Tomczyk, a statistician specialist in Polpharma Biologics, loves maths, biostatistics, programming and JMP, of course. Tomcyzk graduated from Lodz University of Technology in Mathematics and Warsaw University of Technology in Data Science. Tomcyzk has a background in statistics for experiments, clinical trials and biosimilars development, and a passion for sharing knowledge.

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    Daniel Valente

    Manager, JMP Product Management, SAS

    Daniel Valente defines product requirements and helps communicate product information to prospects and users. Before joining SAS, he completed an NIH post-doctoral fellowship at the Boys Town National Research Hospital. Valente holds a PhD in architectural sciences from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has been a longtime JMP user.

  • John Van Landschoot

    Master Thesis Student, Ghent University

    John Van Landschoot studies electromechanical engineering at Ghent University. Being passionate about science and technology, he decided to write his master's thesis at BASF Antwerp. Currently Van Landschoot explores the potential of Functional Data Analysis (FDA) for the investigation of continuous chemical production data.

  • Per Vase

    Managing Partner, NNE

    Per Vase is an acknowledged data analysis expert with more than 30 years of experience. His focus is on applying Six Sigma in good manufacturing practice (cGMP) environments, combining compliance and process optimization efforts to ensure both high quality and low costs. Vase holds a PhD in materials science from the Technical University of Denmark and an MSc in experimental physics from Aarhus University.

  • Torsten Weber

    Engineer Process Integration, Heliatek

    Torsten Weber received his diploma degree in physics from Leibniz University Hannover in 2006. He then worked for more than 12 years at SolarWorld as a senior R&D engineer and project manager and was responsible for the transfer and integration of high-efficiency PV concepts from feasibility studies to high-volume manufacturing. He is now with Heliatek GmbH where he focuses on process integration and yield enhancement of organic-PV.

  • Scott Wise

    Senior Manager, Analytical Education, SAS

    Scott Lee Wise is the Senior Manager for Analytical Education at SAS. Prior to this role he was the JMP Global Enablement & Training Manager. Before joining SAS, Wise worked in a variety of industrial quality management and engineering positions. While at Dell he received the company’s first-ever Black Belt and Master Black Belt certifications. Wise also holds ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, PMI Project Management Professional and ASA Professional Statistician certifications. 

  • Bill Worley

    JMP Senior Global Enablement Engineer, SAS

    Prior to coming to JMP, Bill Worley worked for Procter & Gamble for 14 years, spending  the last five years as Technology Leader for the Modeling & Simulation group to train and support scientists and engineers globally in the use of JMP.  Worley is a chemist by education with a MS in chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. 

  • Annie Dudley Zangi

    JMP Senior Research Statistician Developer, SAS

    Annie Zangi has over 25 years of experience at SAS, and she is the architect for Control Chart Builder and the new CUSUM Control Chart. Before working at SAS, she worked as a research statistician for the Animal Science Department, Genetics group at Virginia Tech. She received a MS in statistics from Virginia Tech.

  • Zoe Jewell

    President and Co-Founder, WildTrack

    Gerd Gigerenzer

    President and co-founder of WildTrack, Zoe Jewell has a B.Sc. in Zoology/Physiology, an M.Sc in Medical Parasitology from the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (London University) and a veterinary medical degree from Cambridge University. A consultant for Animal Consultants International on matters relating to wild animal monitoring and welfare, Jewell is also a member of the Society for Conservation Biology. She has published on wild animal monitoring using noninvasive approaches and animal monitoring ethics. She is currently an adjunct professor at the Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at North Carolina State University, an adjunct associate professor at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, and an associate academic at the Centre for Compassionate Conservation at the University of Technology in Sydney.

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