Having spent 20 years working as a data analyst for a range of companies, big and small, I have developed an excellent Excel skill set.
As an analyst I had to learn to become an expert in Excel, but teaching myself to become an Excel expert at first wasn’t easy because, well lets face it, the Microsoft Excel help system and manuals are useless unless you already have a degree in computing.
So about 10 years ago, I picked up a couple of books and taught myself to become an Excel programmer, and I have never looked back since. I have just kept on building on my Excel programming skills. As a result of these skills I have been hired by some of the largest insurance and utility companies in the country as well as some major global brands.
For the past few years I have been acting as a freelance Excel consultant for a growing portfolio of companies on a part time basis. However this portfolio just grew and grew and as a result, in 2008, I decided to take things further and became a full time freelance Excel consultant.
My aim as a freelance Excel consultant is to be different from all the other consultants and programmers out there. I want to educate and guide as much as I want to make a living.
Although I am based on the South coast of Wales in the UK, I offer my services both nationally and internationally. My existing clients have taken me to countries all around the world including the USA, Switzerland, Eastern Europe and Asia.
Away from VBA development deadlines, most of my spare time is spent either raising money for children’s charities or campaigning for children’s rights. As a result of this work I was one of the first civilians allowed in to war torn Kosovo and hard hit Chernobyl. At the moment I am currently trying to save some children from the horrifying Bulgarian orphanages. (Bulgaria has the highest rate of child abandonment anywhere in the world. A quick Google for the term “Abandoned children of Bulgaria” will provide far more details.)