JMP Reunion 2025 commenced with an engaging opening plenary, featuring insights from JMP Founder John Sall (@John_Sall) and CEO Jon Weisz (@Jon_Weisz), followed by a series of informative "speed talks" from various department leaders.
Sall initiated the session by acknowledging the importance of JMP's global relationships. He also addressed the current economic climate, stating, "We value our global relationships, but unfortunately,” as Sall put it, “the tariffs are tariff-ying." Sall noted the concerns from a US perspective but assured attendees that JMP is well-positioned to navigate economic challenges. He emphasized the increasing value of the JMP product as users continue to enhance our products and processes and pointed out that the software industry has, thus far, remained unaffected by tariffs.
Sall also highlighted several positive developments, including the growth of JMP's infrastructure, streamlined business processes, and enhanced customer connectivity. He announced the recent release of JMP 18.2 maintenance and previewed the upcoming JMP 19 EA8, with the full launch of JMP 19 scheduled for Discovery Summit in Austin this fall.
Weisz continued the plenary, focusing on JMP's progress and future direction. He emphasized the significant achievements resulting from the collective efforts of the JMP team. Weisz excitedly announced that JMP can now contract, invoice, and receive payments for our operations, fully independent of SAS systems, with the transition complete by the end of Q3, and we can handle procure to pay for many of our expenses. “I have confidence in JMP's ability to continue double-digit growth in 2025 and reclaim Rule of 40 status.”
He also offered a message of reassurance and resilience during these complex times. “I find it comforting in this crazy world to open my laptop and do work. We’re very resilient in past times, so I recommend we keep working."
Weisz provided an update on regional progress in the transition to JMP systems. “Japan and the US are done with conversion, so you’ll see the US soaring,” he said. “The others are still in transition, so you’ll see those grow later in the year. We’ll get a more realistic look at the year at mid-year."
He concluded his remarks with a "special shout out," acknowledging the contributions of several key departments, including Digital Operations, Business Operations, Legal, Finance, and Sales, and provided specific updates on contract renewals in Asia, EMEA, Japan, and China.
The plenary then transitioned to a series of "speed talks" from various JMP leaders:
- Tiffany Scarlett (@TiffanyScarlett) (Procurement), explained the role of procurement. "We need it to make sure we’re getting goods and services at the best service and value – it helps keep the business out of trouble and helps JMP run smoothly, efficiently, and ethically."
- Sarah Gilyard (@SarahGilyard) (Product Management) discussed her team's goals. "We partner with Sales teams to collect feedback on our products and look for common themes to help JMP products improve and maintain our edge with competitors."
- Nicole Jones (@Nicole_Jones) (Advanced Analytics R&D) highlighted the alignment of JMP R&D with company values. "JMP R&D reflects our company values – we’re proud of what we’ve built and how it will impact customers when it reaches their hands."
- ChulHee Min (@ChulHee_JMP) (Global Sales) outlined the team's focus on customer satisfaction, driving a data-driven culture, achieving revenue goals through user acquisition and expansion, and securing renewals. He also reiterated our goal to grow JMP Live revenue by 50% in 2025.
- Ruth Hummel (@ruthhummel) (User Enablement) introduced the five groups within User Enablement (she called it ‘DATAE’): Digital Experiences, Analytical Education (learnjmp), Tech Support (focused on "keeping our customers happy"), the Academic Team (working to engage the next generation of JMP users), and Events (responsible for planning JMP Inspire and hands-on workshops).
- Sheila Spence (@SheilaSpence) (JMP Legal) detailed the department's goal of ensuring company success by being proactive. “We’re building out a compliance framework and aligning with SAS policies and guidelines, building a data hub for all things data privacy related, and refining contract templates."
- Stephen Ashley (@stephenashley) (Business Operations) discussed the department's focus on data quality. "Our goal is data quality and how account validations help improve data quality."
- Chaneen Cummings-Kouassi (@CCKouassi) (HR) provided an overview of HR's responsibilities, which include serving more than 550 employees, contractors, and interns. HR’s goals include recruiting top talent, maintaining the JMP culture and creating a workplace where people can thrive and be their best selves, developing an HR dashboard that will house metrics live in one place to help forecast and make recommendations to leadership, and utilizing a new platform to facilitate personal growth.
- Nina Chan (@nina_chan) (Marketing Manager) highlighted key marketing initiatives, including Discovery Summit and Discovery Seminars, designed for knowledge exchange and engagement between industry experts and JMP SEs.
- Michael Osinibi (@sukmos) (Digital Operations) provided an overview of the responsibilities of the e-commerce, Salesforce, and web teams (jmp.com).
- Elise Batchev (@ebatchev1) (Decision Support) explained how the team utilizes data for NSR and TSR analysis, enabling them to examine metrics, analyze regional performance, and track year-over-year trends.
Stay tuned for more content from JMP Reunion in the coming days and weeks!
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