ExcelRainMan.com is designed to help users of every level with problems concerning Excel spreadsheets.
Regardless of what industry you are in, most individuals at some point find themselves dealing with the utter aggravation of Microsoft Excel. In addition, spreadsheet assistance can be difficult to find, as IT helpdesks are not equipped to assist with the more difficult aspects of Excel work and while the opportunity may exist to take classes on the topic, often times the task at hand needs to be finished YESTERDAY!
As the Excel Rain Man Team, people can send us their spreadsheet related questions/problems and in turn, we bring our mad skills to solve whatever the issue may be. We also offer customized classes as well as video tutorials.
So stop freaking out and Submit a Request. No matter what it is, we got it covered.
The ExcelRainMan Core Team
Jen Portland
After a Systems Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a few years of working in Corporate America, I, Jen Portland, eventually became an expert in the "business art form" of Microsoft Excel.
It was after several particularly late nights, at my "day job", helping others to finish their Excel work that the idea for ExcelRainMan.com was born! I knew that if demand for this particular skill was so prevalent in my company, it must exist elsewhere. It was then that I decided to begin offering these services to the general public and in May 2008, Excel Rain Man started cranking out spreadsheet consulting work for companies of all sizes.
Allyssa
Allyssa, aka Lisbeth Salander, may come across as a laid back spreadsheeter with 2 and 4 year olds wreaking havoc around her spreadsheet lair, but she is one of the nastiest VBA experts around. Alyssa is famous for the buttons she creates in Excel for our customers. Buttons that take 20 hours of painful regular reporting tasks and transforms them into 20 second breezes... all at the push of, well, a button! Allyssa is in charge of anything Visual Basic here at Excel Rain Man.
Sam
Sam, aka "The Wolf" (ala Pulp Fiction), who may seem a tad busy, as he pursues his dual JD MBA and never misses a Giants game, somehow finds a way to fix your spreadsheet mess like it's a dead body in the back of your car. Sam will get rid of the hypothetical body, clean the hypothetical car, and be gone before you know it. His customers cannot seem to get enough... as he keeps getting job offers along the way. In between Sam's classes, internships, homework and spreadsheet help, he also heads up Excel Rain Man's tutorials division.
Jaime
Jaime is the femme fatale with a background in math, programming, database administration and design and of course Visual Basic, who may be seducing your Excel spreadsheet, but behind your back is also charming Access databases all over town. Her amazing talent for handling some of the most complicated spreadsheet issues with ease and grace regularly leaves our clients speechless. And while sometimes I think she is cheating on Excel, I can't help but embrace Jaime's amazing talents and she is now leading up Access Rain Man.
Shaun
While our MATHletic paths never crossed @ Penn (due to me being "slightly" older...), I am sure glad that our spreadsheet stars aligned in 2011. Shaun is VBAwesome (pre-req of course), has a photographic memory (insanely jealous of that one), graduated Magna Cum Laude (over-achiever) and loves veal parm. From day 1 on this Excel ride he has proven to be the real deal ... His clients know exactly what I mean. In addition to banging out challenging requests, Shaun leads up the MidAmerica team for Excel Rain Man in our Chicago location.
