JMP - Key Persons


Anissa Knox

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team

Audrey Shull

Job Titles:
  • System and Host

Brian Corcoran

Job Titles:
  • Director of Research and Development
  • Member of the Institute of Electrical
  • Senior Director of Research and Development
Brian Corcoran is the Senior Director of Research and Development for JMP Statistical Discovery LLC, a SAS company specializing in interactive desktop software for dynamic data visualization and analysis. Brian and his team are responsible for the development of JMP's newest product, JMP Live. JMP Live provides users an enterprise-wide knowledge sharing platform that advances collaborative analytics in a secure environment. Brian's team is also responsible for the development of other critical portions of JMP, including JMP HTML5 and host-specific functions for Mac and Windows (such as importing data, Query Builder and others). Brian is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. Brian has a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan and a master's degree in the same subject from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Carol Gretz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team
  • Business Operations

Daniel Valente

Job Titles:
  • Product Management

Dara Hammond

Job Titles:
  • Premier Accounts

Diana Levey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team
  • Global Marketing

Ian Cox

Job Titles:
  • Director of Pre - Sales Support
Ian Cox, PhD, is Director of Pre-Sales Support at JMP Statistical Discovery LLC, a subsidiary of SAS that provides interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software to scientists and engineers. Previously, he served as Marketing Manager for JMP in Europe. Before joining SAS in 2005, Cox worked for BBN Software Solutions Ltd., and has consulted many companies on data analysis, process control and experimental design. He is a Six Sigma Black Belt and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. Cox has also served as Visiting Fellow at Cranfield University and Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society in the UK, and holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics.

Jason Romanos

Job Titles:
  • Finance
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team

Jeff Perkinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team

John Jones

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team

John Sall - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder

Jon Weisz - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Julian Parris

Job Titles:
  • Research and Development

Lori Casto

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director of Inside Sales for the Americas
  • Director of JMP Inside Sales, Americas
  • Inside Sales
Lori Casto is the Director of Inside Sales for the Americas at JMP Statistical Discovery LLC, a subsidiary of SAS that provides interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software to scientists, researchers and engineers. As Director, Lori manages a team of knowledgeable sales professionals who help organizations build and expand their analytical capabilities, turning their data into intelligence and changing the world for the better. A sales leader with more than a decade of experience, Lori has built and manages teams across the United States, Canada and Latin America. Before assuming her current role, Lori held similar leadership roles at JMP, serving as Sales Manager and Senior Sales Manager for the US Commercial and Government territories. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Kansas State University.

Paul Mastropolo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Business Leadership Team
  • Human Resources

Shannon Conners

Job Titles:
  • Director of Software Development R & D
Shannon Conners is the Director of Software Development R&D for JMP Statistical Discovery LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SAS that creates interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software designed for scientists and engineers. In this role, Shannon manages production of new JMP software releases within the research and development group of JMP. Shannon attended Mount Holyoke College where she graduated summa cum laude with a major in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and an interdisciplinary minor in Culture, Health and Science. Before joining JMP in 2006 as JMP Genomics product manager, she used SAS and JMP to analyze and visualize microarray data from microbes from extreme environments during her PhD studies and postdoctoral work in bioinformatics at North Carolina State University. When she's not busy developing world-class statistical software, Shannon enjoys lifting weights, walking and bike riding. Home projects including trim work and painting, furniture refinishing and shelving construction and being a mom to two children (one in high school and the other in grade school) also fill her free time.

Wenjun Bao

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientist and Director of Advanced Analytics R & D in the Life Sciences Division
Wenjun Bao is Chief Scientist and Director of Advanced Analytics R&D in the Life Sciences division of JMP Statistical Discovery, a subsidiary of SAS that provides interactive and highly visual statistical discovery software to scientists and engineers. Bao has extensive experience in the clinical, bioinformatics, biochemistry and molecular biology fields. She has been a research grant review committee member for NIH since 2005 and research advisor for scientists at numerous universities and government agencies around the world. Bao is also an adjunct professor at Fudan University and a CDISC board member. Prior to joining JMP, Bao was a Research Scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and a Research Assistant Professor at Duke University. She holds her PhD from Oregon Health and Science University.