Meet Manuela Merkhofer (@Manuela_Mek), a JMP Client Manager.
Manuela is part of our team in Germany and spends her days helping customers make better decisions through data analysis. She is a cooperative, loyal, and funny member of the JMP Family and, in her free time, she enjoys teaching yoga and traveling.
We're so glad to have her expertise and calming presence on our team! Thanks for being part of the JMP family, Manuela!
Let's learn a little more about Manuela.
Where were you born?
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Manuela with her colleagues from SAS.Manuela with her colleagues from SAS.Manuela with her colleagues from SAS.Where do you live/work now?
Reilingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
What was your first job?
Nurse
What is your role within JMP and what do you enjoy about your job?
Inside Sales. I enjoy the flexible work I do and working with customers on their projects.
List three of your favorite hobbies.
- Family and friends.
- Yoga.
- Travel.
Name one thing most of your colleagues would be surprised to know.
I‘m a Yoga and Qi Gong Teacher.
What book are you reading?
Nachmittage - Ferdinand von Schirach
What is your favorite movie genre?
Spy Thriller
What is the first web page you go to when you start work?
Salesforce
If you could have a dinner party with five famous people, who would they be?
Melli Beese, Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, Charlie Chaplin, and Simone de Beauvoir.
What is your favorite podcast to listen to?
Richard David Precht
Name one other person in the division who you admire and describe why in three sentences or fewer.
Anne Miley (@anne_milley). She is calm, friendly, and professional.
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What does Manuela 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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Welcome! So glad to have you join the team!
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I've seen it right know... muhahahaha thank you for your comments. Nice to meet you guys
Wonderful to get to know you Manuela, How wonderful that you teach and practice both Yoga and Qi Gong!
Welcome!!!! Glad you are on our team, Manuela!
My girl @Manuela_Mek !! Great pictures! Let's do yoga the next time we all get together!
Definitely, a great person to work with, Manuela! I had the luck to share with her sessions with clients, and she is always open, curious, funny, and eager to help. What a luxury! Thank you, Manuela, for being such a nice person!
Wow, thanks, Manuela! I'm so honored by your compliment! Love these photos. We are so fortunate to have your unique and amazing talents at JMP. Wish I could take one of your yoga or Qi Gong classes. Thanks for sharing more about yourself!
From nurse to Inside Sales! We need to feature you in one of the career journey stories, Manuela Great learning more about you.
Manuela is simply a colleague as one can only wish for... full of life, funny, interested, open-minded, empathetic, and much more!
