It’s time to select our High Five and Cheers winners for 2021
Email Diana Levey with your nominations.
JMP is known for being one of the most fun, most creative and most appreciative groups in SAS. We hear that from many of the organizations we partner with. This is your chance to make sure we continue to show our appreciation – and that our words of thanks get to the right people. That’s why we have these two award programs dedicated to SAS employees. (Note that these are not to recognize JMP employees – we have other programs for that.)
Why we do this
JMP relies on SAS employees from other divisions to handle important things…the kinds of things that help us focus on spreading the use and impact of JMP all around the world. So, in 2004, JMP management rolled out a formal awards program to thank SAS colleagues who go "above and beyond the call of duty to support JMP in some wonderful way over an extended period of time." Every year at kickoff, a JMP staffer presents the JMP High Five award to one very special person. We are seeking your nominations for that special person right now.
Nominating someone is easy
Before you leave for your winter holiday, send a note to Diana Levey with a few sentences or bullet points about why your nominee should be singled out at kickoff. Be specific about how their contribution made a difference to business. If their impact was global, be sure to explain how.
Previous winners
For reference, here are previous recipients of the JMP High Five Award. They come from different parts of SAS, but they have one thing in common: They’re all superstars.
- 2020: Dwight Thompson and John Sieman, SAS patent attorneys
- 2019: Susie Potts for fulfilling our every need
- 2018: Mary Betts and the Customer Contact Center for taking such great care of our customers
- 2017: Warren Kuhfeld for helping us take over the DOE world
- 2016: Deborah Upchurch for making every day at SAS like a day at the beach
- 2015: Kelli Jackson for taming the most beastly legal negotiations
- 2014: Mark Bailey for exceptional teaching and for sharing lessons learned with R&D
- 2013: Tom Morse for being knowledgeable, flexible, hardworking, and always willing and available to help us work through our goals and try new approaches
- 2012: Chris Hoh, who is worth his weight in gold for contributions to our success
- 2011: Lynn Scott for orchestrating marketing’s three-ring circus
- 2010: Jeff Hudgins, who is the genie behind so many of our magical events
- 2009: Duane Hayes for providing the best customer service in the business
- 2008: Heath Rushing, because your customer care knows no bounds...to infinity and beyond!
- 2007: Linda Helwig for your magical support of the JMP division
- 2006: Anne Milley for not being afraid to upset the hive (this was before she joined the JMP division)
- 2005: Janet Stone for being the best HR partner possible
- 2004: Claire Pratt for keeping us legal
Send Cheers nominations too
We are also inviting nominations for the Cheers awards. There can be more than one winner every year, and it is possible for people to win multiple years. Like the High Five, these awards go to SAS employees who are not in the JMP Division. These individuals have been instrumental in one or more important JMP sales. These are people who proactively and happily jump into the sales process and offer strategic support, but who are not a part of the JMP division.
Thank you for taking a moment to think about the people who have had your back this year.
