Ben Collins
Chief Educator
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolBen Collins is a Chief Educator, data analyst, and Google Developer Expert with 11 years’ experience turning messy spreadsheets into actionable insights using Google Sheets, Apps Script, SQL and Data Studio. As founder of Collins Analytics he builds self-paced courses, publishes weekly Google Sheets tips, and consults with startups and firms to create real-time dashboards and retention/LTV analyses that drive marketing and sales decisions. His background as a chartered forensic accountant and former litigation investigator gives him a rare mix of rigorous audit-grade data validation and practical product-focused analytics. Ben teaches data skills to professionals (including at General Assembly), automates workflows with Apps Script, and routinely translates complex datasets into bite-sized, repeatable lessons. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, he combines academic math training with hands-on engineering and client-facing storytelling to help teams work faster and smarter.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Back-End Web Development Ruby and Ruby on Rails, Back-End Web Development Ruby and Ruby on Rails at General AssemblyChartered Accountant (ACA) Accounting, Chartered Accountant (ACA) Accounting at Institutue of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW)Master of Mathematics (MMath) Mathematics, Master of Mathematics (MMath) Mathematics at University of Warwick
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (27)
data-studio9
google-apps-script9
google-workspace9
connectors8
metadata8
apps-script8
lists7
workspace7
google-apps7
looker-studio6
google6
google-sheets6
fibonacci6
formula6
datetime6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
benlcollins/learn_app
Mar 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:49 commits, 42 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
benlcollins/community_connectors
Sep 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:34 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year
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