# Excel Expert Certification Program

Canonical URL: <https://www.nobledesktop.com/classes/excel-expert-certification-bundle>

## Overview

Learn formulas, functions, Pivot Tables, charts, and all the skills needed to ace the Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert exam and earn a professional certification in this hands-on program. This course is designed to help you pass the Excel Expert exam and includes:

- Three Excel courses (21 hours in total).
- Four (4) hours of private tutoring.
- The Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Expert exam with a free retake.
- Lifetime access to free Excel video courses for additional support.
- The option to replace the exam with one additional hour of private tutoring.

**Registration** : To sign up for the Excel Expert Certification Program, choose from a preset track of dates or customize your schedule. After you take the group classes, you can schedule the four hours of private training and the Excel Expert exam.

## What you'll learn

- Excel Level I: Fundamentals group class.
- Excel Level II: Intermediate group class.
- Excel Level III: Advanced group class.
- Four hours of private training.
- Excel Expert certification exam with a free retake.
- Proctoring for the exam at our location.
- Lifetime access to beginner, intermediate, and advanced Excel premium video suites.
- Free class retake within one year.

## Curriculum
1. **Excel Level I: Fundamentals**
2. **Excel Level II: Intermediate**
3. **Excel Level III: Advanced**

## Schedule
- May 26, 2026 – Jun 11, 2026 — NYC
- 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

## 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.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $1149