# Excel Bootcamp Canonical URL: ## Overview This comprehensive Excel Bootcamp takes students from beginner to advanced through a structured progression of Excel Fundamentals, Intermediate Excel, and Advanced Excel. The program begins with core spreadsheet skills such as data entry, formulas, formatting, charts, and tables, then moves into data cleaning, text functions, lookups, logical functions, data validation, and PivotTables, before finishing with advanced analysis tools, macros, dynamic arrays, and higher-level lookup techniques. Across all three levels, students build practical skills for organizing data, performing calculations, creating reports, and improving efficiency in real-world spreadsheet workflows. The full program offers a well-rounded Excel skill set that supports everything from daily spreadsheet tasks to advanced data analysis and reporting. ## What you'll learn - Enter, organize, and format data in Excel while working with rows, columns, worksheets, tables, charts, and printing tools. - Build formulas and perform calculations using essential Excel functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, MAX, MIN, COUNT, IF, AND, OR, SUBTOTAL, SUMIFS, and COUNTIFS. - Clean up and manage data with Text to Columns, CONCAT, Paste Special, named ranges, data validation, Sort & Filter, and Remove Duplicates. - Use lookup and reference tools including VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, XMATCH, INDEX-MATCH, and INDEX with Double MATCH to retrieve and analyze information. - Create PivotTables, grouped PivotTables, multiple PivotTables, calculated fields, and Pivot Charts to summarize and visualize data. - Apply advanced Excel tools such as mixed references, formula auditing, Goal Seek, Data Tables, macros, dynamic arrays, custom number formats, and conditional formatting with formulas. ## Curriculum 1. **Excel Level I: Fundamentals** 2. **Excel Level II: Intermediate** 3. **Excel Level III: Advanced** ## Schedule - Jun 1, 2026 – Jun 3, 2026 — NYC - Jun 16, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026 — NYC - Jun 29, 2026 – Jul 1, 2026 — NYC - Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 9, 2026 — NYC - Jul 7, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026 — NYC - Jul 20, 2026 – Jul 22, 2026 — NYC - Jul 29, 2026 – Jul 31, 2026 — NYC - Aug 11, 2026 – Aug 13, 2026 — NYC - Aug 24, 2026 – Aug 26, 2026 — NYC - Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 3, 2026 — NYC - Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026 — NYC - Sep 8, 2026 – Sep 24, 2026 — NYC - Sep 27, 2026 – Oct 11, 2026 — NYC - Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026 — NYC - Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 11, 2026 — NYC ## Instructors ### Brian McClain — Program Director & Senior Instructor Brian McClain is an experienced instructor, curriculum developer, and web developer. Brian served as Director for a coding bootcamp before joining Noble Desktop in 2022, where he is now a lead instructor and course developer for both JavaScript and Python. He teaches Web Development, JavaScript, Python for Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI. Prior to Noble, he taught Python Data Science and Machine Learning as an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Westchester County College. Brian is also an active industry professional in the field of generative AI app development. His website and iOS app, Artmink, provides appraisals of art and antiques from user-uploaded images. ### Mourad Kattan — Program Director & Instructor Mourad Kattan is an instructor and Program Director of Business, Finance, & Excel at Noble Desktop, teaching classes and designing courses in Excel, finance, accounting, and financial modeling. Before Noble Desktop, Mourad worked as a financial analyst at Credit Suisse and H/2 Capital Partners. In those positions, he used advanced analytical and financial skills to evaluate a variety of investments. Mourad graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude and is part of the Beta Gamma Sigma honor society. Learn more about [Mourad Kattan's](/mourad-kattan) background and expertise. ### Adebayo Norman — Instructor Adebayo "Ade" Norman is a Senior Software Trainer with over 14 years of experience in the classroom. He is a training professional with vast troubleshooting/help desk experience and thousands of hours of software training & delivery experience. His specialty is in the In-person/Online Hybrid training environment needed in these new & changing times. ### Garfield Stinvil — Senior Instructor Garfield is an experienced software trainer with over 16 years of real-world professional experience. He started as a data analyst with a Wall Street real estate investment company & continued working in the professional development department at New York Road Runners Organization before working at Noble. He enjoys bringing humor to whatever he teaches and loves conveying ideas in novel ways that help others learn more efficiently. Since starting his professional training career in 2016, he has worked with several corporate clients including Adobe, HBO, Amazon, Yelp, Mitsubishi, WeWork, Michael Kors, Christian Dior, and Hermès. Outside of work, his hobbies include rescuing & archiving at-risk artistic online media using his database management skills. ## FAQ ### What version of Excel does this course cover? The instructors typically present using Excel 2019 or Office 365. However, you can also use Excel 2013 or 2016; the exercises and interface are compatible with what we teach (with some minor differences that the instructor will explain). ## Pricing **Tuition:** $549