Valérie at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2020 just before the pandemic started. “This was my last oversea travel until yet.”Valérie at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2020 just before the pandemic started. “This was my last oversea travel until yet.”Say “bonjour!” to Valérie Nedbal!
Valérie is a Senior Systems Engineer with our JMP Global Enablement Team in Germany (though she’s originally from Belgium).
Valérie is an enthusiastic and cheerful member of our team, and she loves helping JMP users be more efficient in their daily work. In her spare time, she loves to cook, swim, and draw (and is even reproducing famous pop/Italian renaissance artwork through hand drawing)!
If you’re joining us in Sitges for Discovery Summit Europe, be sure to find Valérie and learn from her expertise!
Let's learn a little more about Valérie.
Where were you born?
Kortrijk (Courtrai in French), Belgium. Flemish-speaking region but I grew up speaking French.
What was your first job?
Post-doctoral position as Molecular Biologist for one year at the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin (Germany) and five years at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg. I was a research scientist working at the bench (so totally different from what I'm doing now).
What's the best thing about your current job?
Helping JMP users to be more efficient in their daily work and to be faced with new challenges.
List three of your favorite hobbies.
Valérie at dinner at Tivoli Garden in Copenhagen during Discovery Summit. “I was outside with customers (good friends) for smoking and the door keeper kindly lend his cap for a picture.”Valérie at dinner at Tivoli Garden in Copenhagen during Discovery Summit. “I was outside with customers (good friends) for smoking and the door keeper kindly lend his cap for a picture.”
I have a lot of hobbies but my favorite ones are drawing, cooking, and swimming.
Name one thing most of your colleagues would be surprised to know.
I'm passionate about art, more precisely about famous painters (pop art and Italian renaissance). In my spare time, I'm reproducing masterpieces by hand drawing.
What book are you reading?
Tess Gerritsen, "Le martyre des innocents" (In English: "I know a secret").
What is your favorite movie genre?
Thriller
What is the first web page you go to when you start work?
community.jmp.com
If you could have a dinner party with five famous people, who would they be?
Nicolas Cage, Uma Thurman, Robert de Niro, Quentin Tarantino and Scarlet Johanssen
What is your favorite podcast to listen to?
TED
Name one JMP-related achievement that you're proud of.
Part of the premier team, serving and supporting our largest customer worldwide.
Name one other person in the division who you admire and describe why in three sentences or fewer.
It is very hard to pick one person as I worked with many special and nice people in the last nearly 20 years at SAS/JMP, but I would pick Jessica Horsch (@JessicaHorsch). I had the opportunity to work temporarily as her Systems Engineer. We connected immediately. I admire her for her enthusiasm, humor, honesty, and professionality. I like how she deals with customers. She told me: “I sprinkle my customers with glitter and I'm cheeky.” That is exactly her. The customers like it, and they feel immediately relaxed and happy to work with her.
This or that?
What does Valérie prefer? (answers in BOLD text)
- A mountain holiday or A seaside holiday
- Cat or Dog
- Hot chocolate or Coffee or Tea
Taken in Kuala Lumpur in 2019 with my excellent team members and friends (Peter Hersh and Biljana Besker). “This was my first South East Asian trip for premier JMP Days.”Taken in Kuala Lumpur in 2019 with my excellent team members and friends (Peter Hersh and Biljana Besker). “This was my first South East Asian trip for premier JMP Days.”
- 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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