George Mount

Instructor

Professional Experience:

  • Stringfest Analytics – Corporate Training and Curriculum Development
  • MetroHealth System – Business Analysis and Reporting
  • Things Remembered – Financial Analysis

Education:

  • Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University – MS in Design & Innovation (Information Systems)
  • MS in Management (Finance)
  • Hillsdale College – BA in Economics (magna cum laude)

Certifications:

  • Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) – Excel (since 2022)

Get to know George

George joined Training The Street in 2026. He began his career as a financial analyst at a national specialty retail organization, where he built financial models, automated reporting across hundreds of store locations, and assessed real estate portfolio profitability. He then moved into a business analyst role at a large regional healthcare system, where he developed executive dashboards and staffing optimization models using Excel and business intelligence tools.

Since 2014, George has run Stringfest Analytics, a training and consulting practice focused on helping finance, FP&A, and operations teams work more effectively with data. He has delivered applied Excel and data analytics training to professionals at major banks, global technology companies, and financial institutions. He is the author of Advancing into Analytics and Modern Data Analytics in Excel (O’Reilly Media), a LinkedIn Learning instructor with over 400,000 learners worldwide, and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP). He teaches annual masterclasses at the Global Excel Summit.

George specializes in applied Excel, Power Query, Power BI, Python in Excel, and Microsoft Copilot. He is a clear, practical, and engaging trainer who grounds every session in realistic finance scenarios, ensuring participants leave with skills they can apply immediately.