Ben Collins Bio

Ben Collins

Data Analytics Instructor, General Assembly

Washington, D.C.

Ben Collins is a freelance data consultant, helping businesses better understand their data through analytical insights and visualizations, including dashboards. He works primarily with SQL and Excel. Prior to this, he worked for over 7 years as a specialist Forensic Accountant, most recently for law firm Clifford Chance. Whilst there he worked on large-scale, international projects involving breach of sanctions regulations, using SQL and Excel to conduct reviews of transactional, financial and customer data. He is a Mathematics graduate of the University of Warwick in the UK and moved to the US in 2010. He now lives in Virginia with his wife and newborn son, and is a keen cyclist and mountain adventure fanatic.

www.benlcollins.com/

Ben Collins

Upcoming Courses

Previously (14)

Business

Excel at Excel: Getting Down to the Basics

Learn the basics of Excel--including configuring/optimizing settings, input, navigation, calculation, formatting, and analysis.

5 Times

Data

Data Analytics

Gain indispensable data analytics skills in this 10-week evening or 1-week accelerated course, on campus or online.

3 Times

Data

Advanced Topics in Excel

This class will put students in a position where Excel is no longer a chore, but a powerful tool to assist in manipulating data efficiently.

2 Times

Data

Data Analytics Bootcamp Workshop

This intensive bootcamp will run through the analytical workflow -- from collecting, cleaning, analyzing and presenting insights from small and big data sets.

Data

Google Sheets: Analyze Data in the Cloud

In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of how to use Google Sheets for skills like importing web data and using Forms to collect survey data.

Data

Programming with Google Apps Script

Students will learn the basics of programming using Google Apps Script and how it can be used to automate routine tasks in various Google services.

Data

SQL Bootcamp

This bootcamp will take absolute beginners through the basics of SQL to an ability to write queries with confidence.

Data

Intro to SQL

This workshop that teaches you SQL queries needed to collect data from a database and analyze the data to find the answers you’re looking for.

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