Spend any amount of time with Aurora Tiffany-Davis and you’ll quickly come to the conclusion that she’s a skilled engineer with mad software development skills. As an important member of the JMP Live development team Aurora’s work is critical for JMP users to collaborate and share discoveries throughout their organization and beyond. But that’s just a small part of who Aurora is as a person. Smart, silly and a lot of fun, read on to learn a little more about Aurora outside the walls of Building A.
Where were you born?
Baltimore, Maryland, US
What was your first job?
In high school, I was a cashier at a very small art store that got one or two customers a day. It was a great place to get my homework done.
In one word, what's the best thing about your current job?
Impactful
List three of your favorite hobbies.
Hiking (more like brisk walking); Reading and Board games
Describe yourself in three words.
Dependable, Enthusiastic and Organized
What book are you reading?
Shogun
What is your favorite movie genre?
Science Fiction
What is the first web page you go to when you start work?
inside.sas.com
If you could have a dinner party with five famous people, who would they be?
Harriet Tubman
Mark Twain
Queen Elizabeth II
Janis Joplin
Stephen Fry
What is your favorite podcast to listen to?
Futility Closet
Name one JMP-related achievement that you're proud of.
Implementing (along with others) the Control Chart Warnings feature in JMP Live 16.0.
Name one thing most of your colleagues would be surprised to know.
My professional life before JMP has taken me to an aircraft carrier, chicken hatcheries, and Argentina.
Name one other person in the division who you admire, and describe why in three sentences or fewer.
It may seem suspect to praise my manager, but I’ll do it anyway. Brian Corcoran keeps a level head, pushes for doing things the right way while respecting business needs, stays on top of the technical side of things, and is warm & approachable.
If given a choice, Aurora would chose:
- A mountain holiday over a sea-side holiday
- Cats over Dogs
- Tea over Coffee
- Graph Builder over JSL
- A Restaurant over a Picnic
- Cake over Pie
- Morning over Late-night
- Introvert over Extrovert
- Silly over Serious
- High tech over Low tech
On vacation in Italy: cold, wet feet, jet-lagged, and in a silly mood.
Aurora's world in 2020. Snuggled in her little office in comfortable clothes and seeing very little of the world outside.
According to Aurora, "You’re never too old to wear elf pajamas on Christmas morning."
Can we feature you in an upcoming Inside JMP Get to Know article?
Our InsideJMP Get to Know Feature is designed for JMP employees and division friends to share information about themselves that will help others get to know them better.
If you’re willing to be featured, please go to Diana Levey’s OneDrive folder at https://sasoffice365-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/diana_levey_jmp_com/Euub82iMr35BiLNyzcGLiS8Be7... and download a copy of our Get to Know form. Simply fill out the questions and when you’re done, upload it to the folder (or send directly to Larry LaRusso), along with at least 3 photos of you. Thank you for helping to make our JMP family a little more familiar.
Love the Elf Pajamas, great getting to know more about you Aurora!
Ditto Kirsten's comments and what great photos! Thanks for doing the Statistically Speaking this month!
Thanks everybody! The elf pajamas were from Target.
This is great @AuroraTDavis !!
Describe yourself in three words.
Dependable, Enthusiastic and Organized - YES YES YES !! Thank you so much for all of your work for Stat Speaking!
Now we all want to know where to get elf pajamas!?!
