Paul Marovich

Students have compared Paul Marovich to Mick Jagger and Robin Williams, not for his tight pants or his comedic impersonations of John Wayne but for his personality in the classroom. "I admittedly have an animated teaching style," says Paul, who teaches statistics using SAS and JMP. "I'm sure some people had a boring professor during their college career; I want to be the antithesis of that educator."

Paul has been known to tell a bad joke or two in his classes ("That was two-thirds of a pun — P-U!"), but he has a serious background to support his teaching. He came to SAS in 1996 with a Master's in statistical computing from the University of Central Florida (UCF) where he taught statistics briefly after graduating and went on to work for Lockheed Martin. At Lockheed he wrote PL/I, CLIST and SAS programs for nearly 12 years. Paul has gained 25 years of experience using SAS and has been teaching JMP since 1999.

Paul's favorite aspect of teaching SAS courses is sharing his love of statistics. "I enjoy teaching the simple things," he says, naming them. Descriptive statistics. The basics of hypothesis testing and rudimentary modeling. "As powerful as some of the statistical methods are, 99.999% of analyses start with examining your data using descriptive statistics and graphs."

Paul's entertaining delivery, knowledge and experience are a proven combination. "Paul is a well-informed and entertaining instructor," said one student. "Best teacher I ever had," said another. "Great examples, wonderful handouts and very good stories made a dry subject exciting."

Paul resides in Cary, N.C. with his wife Pam, their son Tyler, and his miniature, long-haired Dachshund, Moose. He is an avid recycler and gardener and prefers Jimmy Buffet and Vivaldi over Rolling Stones.