Charles Pirrello
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Chuck Pirrello is Product Manager for Visual Analytics at JMP, a business unit of SAS. He helps direct the development and marketing of JMP’s interactive data visualization and exploration capabilities. Before joining the JMP division, Pirrello was responsible for marketing Business Scorecard and Dashboard solutions for SAS. Earlier, he worked for Hyperion and Comshare, vendors of financial and business intelligence software. He has more than 20 years of experience in finance, consulting and product management.

Recent Posts

Always jump to JSL?

Recently, I came across a question posted to the JMP discussion forum. The person who posted the question had the following sample file: He wanted ... Read More

Visualizing Eurozone debt crisis data

Like many people, I've been closely following news of the European debt crisis. While no one knows what would happen if any European country actually defaults, ... Read More

Ordering categorical graph elements

When JMP has to put categorical values in order, such as in table rows or a graph axis, it will use alphabetical order if there ... Read More

Visualizing US City Rankings Data in JMP

I have always been interested in studies that rank US cities according to a variety of attributes. It’s one reason I was drawn to the ... Read More

Organizing Data for Optimal Analysis in JMP

One of the biggest challenges for Microsoft Excel users is modifying their Excel spreadsheets so the data can be properly analyzed in JMP. Below is ... Read More

Using JMP Bubble Plots Without a Time Dimension

Bubble plots in JMP are a great way to see how values change over time. But they also allow for the viewer to see so ... Read More

Visual Analytics and JMP

I'm at SAS Global Forum this week in Seattle, where I'm doing a couple of Super Demos on Visual Analytics and presenting a data visualization ... Read More

When Cutesy Is Confusing in Graphs

A colleague recently sent me a link to a Stubborn Mule blog post titled “Pyramid Perversion – More Junk Charts.” The author refers to a ... Read More

9-5 vs. 5-9

You’d have to be living in the most desolate areas of the globe not to feel the onslaught of information clamoring for our attention. In ... Read More

Why Excel 2010 Misses the Mark in Data Visualization

In his August 10 blog post, Stephen Few, a widely recognized expert on data visualization and founder of Perceptual Edge, shares his insight into the ... Read More