Kellen Bates

Kellen Bates, CFA has a diverse work experience. Kellen is currently serving as Vice President at Raistone since January 2024. Prior to that, they held the position of Assistant Vice President at Raistone from February 2022 to January 2024. Kellen also has extensive experience at Boeing, starting as a Finance Intern in June 2016 and then working as a Contracts Procurement Agent Intern from May 2017 to August 2017. Kellen later joined as a Contracts & Sourcing Procurement Agent in July 2018 and continued in this role until February 2022. During their tenure at Boeing, Kellen played a vital role in spearheading the extension of a significant commercial agreement, resulting in the acquisition of critical structural parts for the production of the 787 aircraft.

Kellen Bates, CFA, completed their education with a Bachelor's degree in Business-Finance and Economics from Montana State University-Bozeman in 2018. Kellen also briefly attended Indiana University Bloomington for Business studies in 2013-2014. Additionally, Kellen took an Economics course at Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen in 2017. Kellen holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification from the CFA Institute.