Karen Abecia

Executive Director at Talent to Training, Dashboards Guru

Karen Abecia is a Microsoft Excel teacher, as well as, a true Expert in building incredible Dashboard solutions. Karen has an active YouTube channel (Karen Abecia) with over 100,000 subscribers and over 400 free lessons that she offers on her website. With more than 8,000 students from over 20 countries, Karen’s aim is to teach you how to create a “WOW Effect” when building Dashboards in Excel.

Thomas Paul

Director BDO in Australia, Project & Infrastructure Advisory, Financial Modelling

Thomas Paul is a professional financial modeller with more than 15 years’ experience. He has developed financial models for major infrastructure projects, local governments, universities, listed entities, and technology start-ups. Thomas employs Microsoft Excel and financial models to empower key stakeholders to make well informed decisions. He uses innovative approaches to explaining complex results in clear and transparent ways for financial and non-financial audiences. His financial modelling innovations have been twice nominated for the Financial Modelling Innovation Awards, with the Dynamic Scenario Manager winning in 2020. Thomas is also passionate about sharing Excel and financial model innovations, knowledge and insights with fellow users. He strongly believes that the longevity of Microsoft Excel is testament to the open and collaborative nature of the Excel community over the past 30+ years.

Tony De Jonker

Principal of De Jonker Consultancy, 8x Microsoft MVP

Tony De Jonker is principal of De Jonker Consultancy and offers Excel Financial Modelling – Development & Training to national and international clients. He is host and co-founder of the annual Excel Experience Day, Excel Expert Class, Excel Summer Boost and Amsterdam Excel BI Summit. Tony offers a range of Excel related training courses such as Master Class, Dashboards, Investment Analysis, Cash Flow Forecasting, and Financial Modelling based on more than 42 years of business experience. Microsoft has awarded him the title of Excel Most Valuable Professional since 2015.

Helen Wall

LinkedIn Instructor, Data Science Consultant

Helen Wall is a data scientist working in both the consulting and teaching space. She is a LinkedIn Instructor for multiple courses focusing on topics like Power BI, Excel, AWS QuickSight, and R. Her Power BI courses focus on aspects of using the application like ETL data methodologies in Power Query, AI models, data visualizations, dashboard design, Dataflows, as well as key languages within the tool like DAX and M. She is a lecturer at Rice University in the MBA program for a course on business analytics with Python programming. She consults with various clients across a variety of industries, including healthcare, energy, and insurance. Her space in data is one that combines data science modeling with communication and design, no matter what tool the developer or end user wants to use. She both loves to teach and learn new things herself every single day. She has a master's degree from Durham University (UK) and a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington, where she also was a four-year member of their Division I rowing program (of The Boys in the Boat fame).

Danuta Pezda

Head of Development at Someka

Danuta Pezda, Excel specialist. Head of Development at Someka, brings experience from a previous role as an RPA developer at IBM. Currently leading the team in creating business solutions mainly in Excel and Google Sheets at Someka.

Onur Yilmaz

Founder & CEO, Someka

Onur YIilmaz is the founder and CEO of Someka - a professional spreadsheet and business solutions organisation that provides Excel and Google Sheets templates for your business and daily needs. With extensive experience in data analysis, process development, strategical modelling and profitability reports while using Microsoft Excel as an everyday tool. Onur has been awarded the country winner award at a global Excel championship organized by Microsoft.

Chris Dutton @Maven Analytics

EdTech Founder | Best-Selling Instructor | Business Intelligence Expert | Twin Dad

Chris is an edtech entrepreneur, best-selling instructor, and Founder of Maven Analytics, an online learning platform for aspiring data professionals. His work has been featured by Microsoft, Entrepreneur.com, and the New York Times, reaching more than 500,000 students around the world.

Thomas Prokopp

COO at Airrange

COO at Airrange