Welcome Neal Siekierski
Neal Siekierski joins JMP as a Software Developer.
Title: Software Developer
Manager: Brian Corcoran (@briancorcoran)
Region: US
Start Date: June 7, 2022
Before joining JMP, Neal worked at Kitware, an R&D software consulting company with a focus on AI. While there,
@nealsiek helped develop computer vision systems. He has a Bachelor of Science in computer science from the University of North Carolina, where he also did a second major in linguistics.
Neal will be working on data connectors, which will provide a framework for customers to connect to a larger variety of outside data sources.
Outside of work, Neal enjoys biking, studying foreign languages, and playing Go.
Feature StoryRe: Welcome Neal SiekierskiThanks, everyone!
Re languages: I've studied Dutch, though I'm a bit out of practice now when it comes to writing and speaking. They say it's one of the closest languages to English, but there's still a lot to get used to! I'm also studying Latin and reading (slowly!) some classical texts.
Re Go: I've met more than a few people here as well who got into the game after AlphaGo. I've never tried gomoku (five in a row). And I'll have to find Bradley, then, though he's probably much better than me!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome Neal!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to JMP, Neal!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome Neal!
환영합니다! 
I think that the Lee Sedol's big match against AlphaGo hit the boom of AI in Korea in 2016.
Though I'm still a beginner of Go, I have been currently playing Five in a Row game with my youngest daughter.
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome Neal! Do you speak other language than English? Do share
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to JMP! Go Heels!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiIf you're looking for someone to play Go with, I hear Bradley Jones is pretty darn good. While I can't help you with Go, I'd be happy to be your go-to person for cafe info and other very important campus stuff. 
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome Neal!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to JMP. Congratulations on joining Brian's team!
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to the JMP family. I'm excited to learn you will be helping with expanding our data connectors.
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to JMP, Neal! Curious which foreign languages you study...
Re: Welcome Neal SiekierskiWelcome to JMP Neal!
