Bradley Jones has been in software development at SAS for 25 years!
bradleyjones). As a Distinguished Research Fellow, he’s been responsible for the development of new methods in DOE and built the JMP Custom Designer, a powerful tool for generating optimal experimental designs.
He’s a power player at JMP, and rightly so. He’s also an ASA Fellow, a well-recognized award winner (see examples here and here), and a patent holder.
Here’s something you may not know about Bradley: He’s a talented violin player and once played in the backup orchestra for the Bee Gees.
Another fun (and very impressive) fact: Brad recently presented the W.J. Youden Memorial Address at the ASQ 2022 Fall Technical Conference.
Lightning Round
Let's get to know Bradley - lightning fast!
Where were you born?
Wichita, Kansas
What was your first job?
Adjunct at Florida State University
In one word, what's the best thing about your current job?
Research.
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List three of your favorite hobbies.
Playing go, playing violin, and running.
Describe yourself in three words.
Driven, caring, strategic.
What book are you reading?
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death
What is your favorite movie genre?
SciFi
What is the first web page you go to when you start work?
Google
If you could have a dinner party with five famous people, who would they be?
Newton, Gauss, Bach, Beethoven, Feynman
What is your favorite podcast to listen to?
I've never listened to a podcast - the wrong generation, I guess.
Name one JMP-related achievement that you're proud of.
Can't just say one: Prediction Profiler, Definitive Screening Designs, Custom Designs.
Name one other person in the division who you admire and describe why in three sentences or fewer.
Joseph Morgan. He is a world class talent in combinatorial design. He is a fierce advocate for use of DOE in software testing. His introduction to JSL is outstanding - a must do.
This or that?
What does Bradley prefer? (answers in BOLD text)
- A mountain holiday or A seaside holiday
- Cat or Dog
- Hot chocolate or Coffee or Tea
- Graph Builder or JSL
- Picnic or Restaurant
- Cake or Pie
- Morning or Late night
- Introvert or Extrovert or Ambivert
- Silly or Serious
- High-tech or Low-tech
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