Calen McNickles

Calen McNickles has a diverse work experience. In 2018, they worked as an Internal Audit Intern at Arista Networks. From 2019 to 2021, they were an Assurance Associate at EY, where they performed audits for private and public companies, conducted data analytics procedures, and tested controls. In 2021, Calen worked on personal projects and certificate programs to enhance their skills in Python, R, and SQL for data analysis, finance, and machine learning. Since 2022, they have been employed by Riverside Insights, initially as a Strategic Finance Analyst and later as a Senior Strategic Finance Analyst.

Calen McNickles completed their Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance at San Jose State University from 2016 to 2019. In 2019, they also obtained a Certificate of Advanced Accounting Proficiency from Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business. Before attending San Jose State University, Calen studied Business at San Jose City College from 2015 to 2016.

In addition to their formal education, Calen has obtained several certifications. These include Introduction to Generative AI from Grow with Google on Coursera, ChatGPT Complete Guide: Learn Midjourney, ChatGPT 4 & More from Udemy, Becoming an AI-First Product Leader from LinkedIn, Tableau 2022 A-Z: Hands-On Tableau Training for Data Science from Udemy, Financial Analysis: Making Business Projections from LinkedIn, Managerial Economics from LinkedIn, Project Management Foundations: Budgets from LinkedIn, Excel: Creating Business Budgets from LinkedIn, Finance Foundations from LinkedIn, Strategic Planning Foundations from LinkedIn, Tableau Essential Training from LinkedIn, Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate from Coursera, Share Data Through the Art of Visualization from Google, The Ultimate MySQL Bootcamp: Go from SQL Beginner to Expert from Udemy, Ask Questions to Make Data-Driven Decisions from Google, Foundations: Data, Data, Everywhere from Google, Python for Everybody Specialization from the University of Michigan | Coursera, Using Databases with Python from the University of Michigan | Coursera, Programming for Everybody from the University of Michigan | Coursera, and Python Data Structures from the University of Michigan | Coursera. Calen completed these certifications between 2021 and 2023, with varying months of completion.